darse el bote

Spanish

Verb

darse el bote (first-person singular present me doy el bote, first-person singular preterite me di el bote, past participle dado el bote)

1. (idiomatic) to take to one's heels, clear off

Further reading

• “darse el bote”, 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