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  What it means

  Literally “to lay one’s head under the axe.” Means to take a great personal risk, to put oneself in serious danger — “to put one’s head on the block.”

  Vocabulary

  • głowa — head
  • topór — axe

  Grammar note

  'Pod topór' uses the accusative of 'topór' after 'pod' — direction (under the axe).

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