"echar la soga tras el caldero" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: echo la soga tras el caldero [first-person, present, singular], eché la soga tras el caldero [first-person, preterite, singular], echado la soga tras el caldero [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to throw the rope behind the cauldron”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to throw the rope behind the cauldron}} “to throw the rope behind the cauldron”, {{lit|to throw the rope behind the cauldron}} Literally, “to throw the rope behind the cauldron” Head templates: {{es-verb}} echar la soga tras el caldero (first-person singular present echo la soga tras el caldero, first-person singular preterite eché la soga tras el caldero, past participle echado la soga tras el caldero)
  1. (idiomatic) to throw it all away, to give up Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-echar_la_soga_tras_el_caldero-es-verb-22dMKPZ6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
     
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