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сматывать

сматывать

Russian

Verb

сма́тывать (smátyvatʹ) impf (perfective смота́ть)

  1. to wind completely, to wind up (a spool of rope, a fishing line, etc.)
  2. to unwind
  3. (low colloquial) (idiomatic)
    сма́тывать у́дочкиsmátyvatʹ údočki ― to leave, to scram, to skedaddle, to vamoose

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