сматывать

Russian

Etymology

смота́ть (smotátʹ) +‎ -ывать (-yvatʹ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsmatɨvətʲ]

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 у́дочки ― smátyvatʹ údočki ― to leave, to scram, to skedaddle, to vamoose

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