uwuçuna jıyarğa
/uwutʃuna dʒɯjarʁa/
Literal translation
to gather into one's fist
Intended meaning
To take charge of a decision or an affair; to seize power over something.
- Vlast türlenŋenley, bu ua dep turğan tonowçu jıyın neni da uwuçuna jıyarğa aşıqdı.The moment power changed hands, that plundering band, which had been waiting for just this, hurried to take everything into its own grip.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 480