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Gewalt antun
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German
Etymology
to do violence to. Hence in the idiomatic sense “to do violence to oneself” (so as to force oneself).
Verb
Gewalt_an.tun<irreg>
de also figurative to lay hands on, to assault, to abuse to subject to violence de dat<someone/something>
de dative reflexive idiomatic to force oneself, to bring oneself de :zu(inf)<to do something undesirable>
de sich überwinden sich zwingen sich Zwang antun
Conjugation
Gewalt_an.tun<irreg>