"poner pies en polvorosa" meaning in Spanish

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      "form": "pongo pies en polvorosa",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "puse pies en polvorosa",
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        "preterite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "puesto pies en polvorosa",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "es-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1823, Carlos María de Bustamante, Cuadro histórico de la revolucion de la América Mexicana",
          "text": "estos guapos pusieron pies en polvorosa, formando grupos y marchando en diferentes direcciones",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1900, Pastor Servando Obligado, Niño patriota",
          "text": "aconsejó á uno pusiera pies en polvorosa, aviso que no se hizo repetir, y al otro, confesara la verdad cantando de piano, pues ya no habría peligro ni para el inocente copista.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2015, David Revelles Soriano, En los confines de Hibernia",
          "text": "No se lo pensó dos veces y puso pies en polvorosa, destruyendo tras de sí la calzada sobre el mar, pero dejándonos para la posteridad un buen tramo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take to one's heels; flee"
      ],
      "id": "en-poner_pies_en_polvorosa-es-verb-0VPMduiO",
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          "take to one's heels",
          "take to one's heels"
        ],
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          "flee",
          "flee"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic) to take to one's heels; flee"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "tomar las de Villadiego"
        },
        {
          "word": "cagando leches"
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "poner pies en polvorosa"
}

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      "form": "pongo pies en polvorosa",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puse pies en polvorosa",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "puesto pies en polvorosa",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tomar las de Villadiego"
    },
    {
      "word": "cagando leches"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1823, Carlos María de Bustamante, Cuadro histórico de la revolucion de la América Mexicana",
          "text": "estos guapos pusieron pies en polvorosa, formando grupos y marchando en diferentes direcciones",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1900, Pastor Servando Obligado, Niño patriota",
          "text": "aconsejó á uno pusiera pies en polvorosa, aviso que no se hizo repetir, y al otro, confesara la verdad cantando de piano, pues ya no habría peligro ni para el inocente copista.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "2015, David Revelles Soriano, En los confines de Hibernia",
          "text": "No se lo pensó dos veces y puso pies en polvorosa, destruyendo tras de sí la calzada sobre el mar, pero dejándonos para la posteridad un buen tramo.",
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        }
      ],
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        "to take to one's heels; flee"
      ],
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          "take to one's heels"
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        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
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        "(idiomatic) to take to one's heels; flee"
      ],
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  "word": "poner pies en polvorosa"
}