drop the hammer

Swedish translation: släppa bomben

15:31 Oct 14, 2023
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: drop the hammer
Is there a Swedsih equivalent to this expression?

They owed a lot of the money to ... and finally they dropped the hammer on them.
Catarina Wilson
United States
Swedish translation:släppa bomben
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Russian Federation
Local time: 18:13
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3ta i på skarpen
Leif Ohman
3släppa bomben
Evgeny Sidorenko


  

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ta i på skarpen


Explanation:
In the example sentence: "... så till sist tog de i på skarpen".

For an interesting discussion of how to phrase these kinds of questions, please see:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37403136

Leif Ohman
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släppa bomben


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Evgeny Sidorenko
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Local time: 18:13
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