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сломя

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1.
headlong, at breakneck speed, helter-skelter
Он бежа́л домой сломя́ го́лову.
He ran home at breakneck speed.
Archaic adverbial participle of сломить, surviving only in the fixed phrase «сломя голову».

Examples

Если вы ви́дите челове́ка, приближающегося к вам с я́вно до́брыми наме́рениями, удира́йте сломя го́лову.
If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intention of doing you good, you should run for your life.

Related words

See also

сломи́тьto break

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Iron edited translation 5 days ago.
mirco.deckers edited related words 1 year ago.
Lisa edited word type 6 years ago.

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at breakneck headlong helter-skelter speed