броситься на амбразуру

Russian

Etymology

From wartime dispatches of a soldier heroically blocking a fortified enemy machine gun emplacement with his body.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbrosʲɪt͡sə nɐ‿ɐmbrɐˈzurʊ]

Verb

бро́ситься на амбразу́ру • (brósitʹsja na ambrazúru) pf (imperfective броса́ться на амбразу́ру)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) to fall on a grenade, to take one for the team (of heroic self-sacrifice; often with the implication that the heroism brought little benefit)

Conjugation
Conjugation of броситься на амбразуру: see бро́ситься
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