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очертя́

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participleparticiple gerund past of очерти́ть
  • 1.

    headlong, recklessly, rashly, without a second thought

    Он очертя́ го́лову бро́сился в во́ду.

    He threw himself headlong into the water.

    Fossilised gerund of «очертить»; used only in the fixed phrase «очертя голову».

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  • Iron edited translation 1 week ago.
  • Lucian edited word type and stress 6 years ago.