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remenar les cireres

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Literally, to stir the cherries.

Verb

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remenar les cireres (first-person singular present remeno les cireres, first-person singular preterite remení les cireres, past participle remenat les cireres); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) to call the shots
    Synonym: tallar el bacallà
    • 2000, Rafael Aracil Martí, Memòria de la transició a Espanya i a Catalunya, Edicions Universitat Barcelona, →ISBN, page 189:
      I que, compte, com diu un senyor vell del meu poble, per anar a l'ajuntament sempre hi haurà gent: sempre n'hi haurà de disposats a remenar les cireres.
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