ponerse las botas

Spanish

Verb

ponerse las botas (first-person singular present me pongo las botas, first-person singular preterite me puse las botas, past participle puesto las botas)

1. (idiomatic) to make a killing
2. (idiomatic) to have a blow-out; have a real feast (a social function, especially one with large quantities of food)

Further reading

• “ponerse las botas”, 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