કાંટા કાહાડી નાંખવા, શળ કાહાડવું. ખીલાઉપાડ કરવું.

kāṁṭā kāhāḍī nāṁkhavā, śaḷa kāhāḍavuṁ. khīlāupāḍa karavuṁ.

Literally: To remove thorns, to extract a splinter, to pull up pegs.
What it means: Used to describe completely eliminating obstacles, troubles, or undesirable elements.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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