da peste cap

Romanian

Verb

a da peste cap (third-person singular present dă peste cap, past participle dat peste cap, third-person subjunctive dea peste cap) 1st conjugation

  1. (reflexive, literal) to do a flip or a roll
  2. (reflexive, informal, figurative) to expend great effort for a goal
  3. (transitive, informal, figurative) to upend
    Synonym: merge până în pânzele albe
  4. (transitive, informal, figurative) to drink with greed or thirst (so that the drink container goes bottoms up)
  5. (intransitive, colloquial) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see da,‎ peste,‎ cap: to hit in the head [with dative]

See also

  • până peste cap

References

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