be out to get someone

Portuguese translation: implicar, perseguir, pegar no pé.

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English term or phrase:be out to get someone
Portuguese translation:implicar, perseguir, pegar no pé.
Entered by: Always Learning

00:19 Mar 18, 2012
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / expressão
English term or phrase: be out to get someone
Contexto: ambiente profissional competitivo.
Frase: At work, people had always been out to get him from the start.
Qual o correspondente em PT do Brasil?
Always Learning
implicar, perseguir, pegar no pé.
Explanation:
A expressão pode significar, estar atrás de alguém, estar na cola, ou perseguindo.
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Rodrigo M
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Local time: 14:03
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4 +5implicar, perseguir, pegar no pé.
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implicar, perseguir, pegar no pé.


Explanation:
A expressão pode significar, estar atrás de alguém, estar na cola, ou perseguindo.

Rodrigo M
Brazil
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Patricia Lyra
30 mins
  -> Obrigado! Boa noite!

agree  Heloísa Ferdinandt: Concordo mais com a explicação que com a sequência da sugestão.
1 hr

agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
9 hrs
  -> Obrigado e bom domingo!

agree  Lais Leite: "perseguir" é uma boa tradução... ;)
16 hrs

agree  Rafael Mondini Bueno
23 hrs
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