telkien taakse

Finnish

Etymology

telkien + taakse

Adverb

telkien taakse

  1. (idiomatic) behind bars (to prison)
    Hän joutui viideksi vuodeksi telkien taakse.
    He ended up behind bars for five years.

Inflection

→○ lative telkien taakse
locative telkien takana
○→ separative

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