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ins Wanken bringen to make (government, institution) shaky/totter; rock; make s.o. waver
Er sagte, die Regierung bringe das Sozialsystem ins Wanken.
He said that the government was making the social security system shaky.
Related: wanken shake, totter; waver; stagger, ins Wanken kommen start to shake/totter
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