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
- (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.