"no dejar títere con cabeza" meaning in Spanish

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      "form": "no dejo títere con cabeza",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "no dejé títere con cabeza",
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      "form": "no dejado títere con cabeza",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "to smash up everything in sight"
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          "smash up",
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        "(idiomatic) to smash up everything in sight"
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        "to do away with everything"
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        "(idiomatic) to do away with everything"
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      "ipa": "/ˌno deˌxaɾ ˌtiteɾe kon kaˈbeθa/",
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        "Spain"
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      "ipa": "[ˌno ð̞eˌxaɾ ˌt̪i.t̪e.ɾe kõŋ kaˈβ̞e.θa]",
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        "Spain"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌno deˌxaɾ ˌtiteɾe kon kaˈbesa/",
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        "Latin-America"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˌno ð̞eˌxaɾ ˌt̪i.t̪e.ɾe kõŋ kaˈβ̞e.sa]",
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    "Don Quixote"
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  "word": "no dejar títere con cabeza"
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "no dejé títere con cabeza",
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    {
      "form": "no dejado títere con cabeza",
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        "(idiomatic) to do away with everything"
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      "ipa": "[ˌno ð̞eˌxaɾ ˌt̪i.t̪e.ɾe kõŋ kaˈβ̞e.θa]",
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        "Spain"
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