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“Aşık atmak” is a Turkish idiom meaning to compete with or measure oneself against someone. This expression particularly refers to attempting to compete with someone who is superior or more powerful. Origin and History In the past, children played games using small bones known as aşık kemikleri. In these games, children competed with each other, trying to gain superiority by throwing the aşık bones. It is from this practice that over time the phrase “aşık atmak” came to be used to mean “to compe