sahip çıkmamak

Turkish - English

Definition of sahip çıkmamak in Turkish English dictionary

disown

To refuse to own or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own

Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn't go through with marrying Count Paris.

{v} not to own, to deny, to renounce

to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself

If you disown someone or something, you say or show that you no longer want to have any connection with them or any responsibility for them. The man who murdered the girl is no son of mine. I disown him. to say that you no longer want to be connected with someone or something, especially a member of your family or something that you are responsible for

{f} cut off (from an inheritance, family, etc.); repudiate, disavow, renounce

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings

prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny

Related Terms

sahip çık

take possession

sahip çık

lay claim to

Hyphenation

sa·hip çık·ma·mak