söz bermezge

/søz bermezɡe/

Literal translation

not to give a word

To cut someone off and give them no chance to say anything.

Keçeni uzunu, kesinden ullulağa, gitçelege da söz bermey, awuzun japmay turdu [jaş].All night long [the boy] gave neither his elders nor the younger ones a chance to speak, and never shut his mouth.
Barın da ötürük aytadı, – dep, Hajibekir bir da söz bermeydi."He's making it all up," said Hajibekir, not letting him get a word in.

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