echar balones fuera

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “throw balls outside”.

Verb

echar balones fuera (first-person singular present echo balones fuera, first-person singular preterite eché balones fuera, past participle echado balones fuera)

(idiomatic) to dodge the issue

Further reading

“echar, o lanzar, balones fuera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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