panel beat

panel beat
 v. phr.— «He interchangeably used his training as a political scientist, his mastery of the written word to “panel beat” the English word into indigenous Nigerian languages.» —“Nigeria: 10 Years After Zik” by Che Oyinatumba Vanguard (Lagos, Nigeria) May 19, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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