"a salto de mata" meaning in Spanish

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  "etymology_text": "Loosely, \"by jumping over a hedge\"",
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to live from hand to mouth",
          "text": "vivir a salto de mata",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to walk about",
          "text": "andar a salto de mata",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to go around without plan",
          "text": "ir a salto de mata",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Los Pazos de Ulloa, chapter 16:",
          "text": "-Figúrese usted -refirió el médico- que Barbacana tiene a sus órdenes otro facineroso, un paisano de Castrodorna, conocido por el Tuerto, que va y viene a Portugal a salto de mata, porque una noche cosió a puñaladas a su mujer y al amante",
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      "glosses": [
        "haphazardly"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) haphazardly"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  "word": "a salto de mata"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Loosely, \"by jumping over a hedge\"",
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  "pos": "adv",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to live from hand to mouth",
          "text": "vivir a salto de mata",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to walk about",
          "text": "andar a salto de mata",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to go around without plan",
          "text": "ir a salto de mata",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Los Pazos de Ulloa, chapter 16:",
          "text": "-Figúrese usted -refirió el médico- que Barbacana tiene a sus órdenes otro facineroso, un paisano de Castrodorna, conocido por el Tuerto, que va y viene a Portugal a salto de mata, porque una noche cosió a puñaladas a su mujer y al amante",
          "type": "quote"
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      "glosses": [
        "haphazardly"
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        "(idiomatic) haphazardly"
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        "idiomatic"
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  "word": "a salto de mata"
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