om zeep helpen

Dutch

Etymology

Probably deriving from other expressions with om zeep that meant that an activity had gone wrong.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔm ˈzeːp ˈɦɛlpə(n)/
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Verb

om zeep helpen

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to kill, to snuff, to rub out
    Synonyms: doden, afmaken, van kant maken
    Zij was om zeep geholpen door een criminele glazenwisser.
    She had been rubbed out by a criminal window cleaner.

Inflection
Conjugation of om zeep helpen: see helpen.
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