à corps perdu

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a kɔʁ pɛʁ.dy/
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Adverb

à corps perdu

  1. heart and soul, headlong, wholeheartedly
    se jeter à corps perdu dans quelque chose ― to throw oneself heart and soul in something

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French à corps perdu (“impetuously, desperately”, literally “with lost body”).

Adverb

à corps perdu

  1. impetuously, desperately
    Synonym: membabi buta

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