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    What it means

    Literally “to lie down like Rejtan.” Means to protest desperately against something, often by physically blocking the way or being dramatic. “To put up a desperate fight.”

    Vocabulary

    • położyć się — to lie down

    Grammar note

    'Rejtanem' is the instrumental case of the surname 'Rejtan'.

    Cultural context

    Refers to Tadeusz Rejtan, who in 1773 blocked the exit of a sejm chamber by lying across the doorway to protest the First Partition of Poland.

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