quitar hierro

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Literally, to take off iron.

Verb

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quitar hierro (first-person singular present quito hierro, first-person singular preterite quité hierro, past participle quitado hierro)

  1. (idiomatic) to play down
    • 2020, Iria Marañón, Educar a un niño en el feminismo:
      El humor normaliza, aligera y, ante los ojos de muchas personas, quita hierro a problemas importantes.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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