trage pe dreapta

Romanian

Etymology

Literally, pull up on the right, from a now otherwise hardly used sense of trage.

Verb

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  1. (intransitive, road transport) to pull over
  2. (transitive, road transport) to pull someone over
  3. (intransitive, humorous) to hit the sack, go to bed
  4. (transitive, figurative) to remove, sack, retire
    • 2000, Eliade Bălan, “Cititi... [Read…]”, in soc.culture.romanian (Usenet):
      [] pentru a astupa gura lumii i-a tras pe dreapta pe acestia in speranta ca se va uita de ei.
      [] in order to shut the people up he retired them, hoping that they will be forgotten.
    • 2004, “Florin Mitu, erou de telenovela securistica [Florin Mitu, Securitate soap opera hero]”, in soc.culture.romanian (Usenet):
      In momentul in care erai considerat necorespunzator din punctul lor de vedere, erai tras pe dreapta, adica atunci cind nu mai erai o sursa de informatii, erai scos.
      As soon as you were considered lacking by them, you were removed, that is, once you were no longer an information source, you were out.

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