dar un paso en falso

Spanish

Verb

dar un paso en falso (first-person singular present doy un paso en falso, first-person singular preterite di un paso en falso, past participle dado un paso en falso)

1. (idiomatic) to slip up
2. (idiomatic) to make a false move

Further reading

• “dar un paso en falso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16