echar la soga tras el caldero

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Etymology edit

Literally, to throw the rope behind the cauldron.

Verb edit

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

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