tilin tutarğa

/tilin tutarʁa/

Literal translation

to hold someone's tongue

To get the better of someone in an argument and leave them with no chance to answer.

Dobay tıŋılap turub, ol sözle ötürükdüle degenley, ol [Mahmut] körgüztgen zatlanı oqudu, anı üsü bla ua Dobaynı tilin tutdu.Dobay listened, and just as he said those words were lies, he [Mahmut] read out the documents he had produced, and with them he left Dobay with nothing to say.

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