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  What it means

  “To give someone a real workout / to thrash someone.” To push someone very hard physically, or to beat them decisively in a competition or fight.

  Vocabulary

  • dać — to give
  • wycisk — a pressing out; (slang) a thrashing, a hard workout

  Grammar note

  'Wycisk' is accusative. From 'wyciskać' (to squeeze/press out) — the image is of squeezing every last drop of effort.

  Cultural context

  Common in gym and sports contexts: 'trener dał nam wycisk' (the trainer really put us through it).

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