Ц39
НА ЦУГУНДЕР брать, тянуть кого
obs, now
humorPrepPInvaradv(to take s.o. away) for severe punishment (often putting him in jail)
X-a тянут на цугундер - X is being hauled off (taken away)
they're hauling X off (taking X away)X is being tossed in the clink (the slammer, the hoose-gow
etc).
From the German zu Hundert (?), of uncertain derivation. It may mean "to arrest."
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Ц4 →← Ц38