dar el alto

Spanish

Verb

dar el alto (first-person singular present doy el alto, first-person singular preterite di el alto, past participle dado el alto)

1. (idiomatic) to give the all-clear

Further reading

• “dar el alto a alguien o algo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10