telkien takana

Finnish

Etymology

telkien (“bars”) + takana (“behind”)

Adverb

telkien takana

  1. (idiomatic) behind bars (in prison)
    Hän vietti viisi vuotta telkien takana.
    He spent five years behind bars.

Inflection

→○ lative telkien taakse
○ locative telkien takana
○→ separative –

Synonyms

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