battere il naso

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, bump one's nose (into).

Verb[edit]

bàttere il naso (first-person singular present bàtto il naso, first-person singular past historic battéi il naso, past participle battùto il naso, auxiliary avére)

  1. (idiomatic, also figurative) to run into; to bump into