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)

1. (idiomatic) to dodge the issue

Further reading

• “echar, o lanzar, balones fuera”, 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