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Urdu · adverb · Everyday Life

Ghaste-pite

घिसटते-पिटते
Meaning

Colloquial: limping along somehow, dragging on with difficulty.

See it in the verse

Ghaste-pite in Iqbal’s couplets

Ye ilm ye hikmat ye tadabbur ye hukoomat
Peete hain lahoo dete hain taleem-e-masawat
This science, this philosophy, this statecraft, this government — they drink men's blood and preach the lesson of equality.
Justice · Awakening
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