peruuttaa.
to back, back up, reverse; (nautical) to go astern
Meaning & usage
to back, back up, reverse; (nautical) to go astern
Yritän peruuttaa lastausovelle.
to withdraw, retract, rescind, recant, renege, take back
to revoke, cancel, call off, invalidate, annul, countermand, nullify
peruuttaa avioliitto
peruuttaa käsky
Where this word comes from
perua (“to withdraw, take back”) + -uuttaa. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1880, possibly after dialectal Karelian peruuttua.
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