"no dejar títere con cabeza" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Spanish]

IPA: /ˌno deˌxaɾ ˌtiteɾe kon kaˈbeθa/ [Spain], [ˌno ð̞eˌxaɾ ˌt̪i.t̪e.ɾe kõŋ kaˈβ̞e.θa] [Spain], /ˌno deˌxaɾ ˌtiteɾe kon kaˈbesa/ [Latin-America, Philippines], [ˌno ð̞eˌxaɾ ˌt̪i.t̪e.ɾe kõŋ kaˈβ̞e.sa] [Latin-America, Philippines] Forms: no dejo títere con cabeza [first-person, present, singular], no dejé títere con cabeza [first-person, preterite, singular], no dejado títere con cabeza [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to not leave a puppet with a head”. The term alludes to a scene in Don Quixote (Volume 2 Chapter 26) in which in one of Don Quixote's daydreams he mistakes dolls for a maiden's real captors and thus cuts off all their heads. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to not leave a puppet with a head}} “to not leave a puppet with a head”, {{lit|to not leave a puppet with a head}} Literally, “to not leave a puppet with a head” Head templates: {{es-verb|no dejar<> títere con cabeza}} no dejar títere con cabeza (first-person singular present no dejo títere con cabeza, first-person singular preterite no dejé títere con cabeza, past participle no dejado títere con cabeza)
  1. (idiomatic) to smash up everything in sight Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-no_dejar_títere_con_cabeza-es-verb-vzSUNDXO Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. (idiomatic) to do away with everything Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-no_dejar_títere_con_cabeza-es-verb-~4U~ACw7
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