largarse


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largarse
v. take off; push off, shove off; split

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largarse
(v.) = scoot ; make off (with) ; do + a bunk ; naff off ; skulk off ; sneak off ; sneak away ; decamp ; walk out ; bugger off ; slope off ; make + a quick exit ; fly + the coop ; get + lost ; go (and) take a hike ; go to + hell ; get out of + Posesivo + face ; walk off ; take to + Posesivo + heels ; do + a runner ; tear out ; leg it ; take + flight ; show + a clean pair of heels.
Ex: The article 'Telling Brown Owl to scoot: on the virtues of disobedience in children's fiction' discusses a range of children's fiction for the presence of mischievousness in the main characters.
Ex: To pull off the heist, the thief stole a swipe card for the complex before using the wheelchair to make off.
Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.
Ex: I just smiled and told him to naff off cos short of punching him in the gob what can you do?.
Ex: Good attendance with 21 people there though a few skulked off without paying!.
Ex: One of the great joys in life is sneaking off.
Ex: So I decided to take my chances and sneak away quietly on a day when Fabiola had a group meeting at her lab.
Ex: They suffered a major setback in 1974 when their manager suddenly decamped, leaving them stranded with no money and pile of outstanding debts.
Ex: At least five members of the audience walked out during the bishop's address.
Ex: But alas, it's time for me to bugger off again but I truly hope to be back one day.
Ex: So with a full tummy we sloped off to bed, claiming we needed an early night to be in fine fettle for the next day.
Ex: I sat near the back door, ready to make a quick exit once the interview session concluded.
Ex: By January 2010 I had flown the coop and escaped the clutches of winter.
Ex: The thing about these two is that we are constantly told that he loves her and yet he is continually asking her to get lost, go home, stop looking at him, stop talking to him, hand him her phone so he can erase his number, etc..
Ex: No they are not bona ride, don't take any notice of them just another scam to get your money, tell them to go and take a hike.
Ex: Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for the directions!.
Ex: Joel said they came over to see what was going on but he told them to get out of my face and gave them a mouthful.
Ex: 'I'm not feeling too good, I think I'm out of energy,' he told the crowd, saying he was sorry and blowing a kiss before walking off the stage with his head hung low.
Ex: When the lad heard it he got frightened, and took to his heels as though he were running a race.
Ex: When they lost their jobs and the money dried up, some decided they had no choice but to do a runner.
Ex: He soon found that he was talking to air, as the man suddenly tore out of the shop like his trousers were on fire.
Ex: The book 'Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.
Ex: Fallow deer are very wary of people, and will take flight as soon as they hear or see someone.
Ex: The performance -- shattering in the 1950's -- is now less impressive, but it can still show a clean pair of heels to most cars on the road.
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* ¡lárgate! = on your bike!.
* coger la puerta y largarse = make + a quick exit ; walk out.
* largarse a = be off to.
* largarse con = make off with ; walk off with.
* largarse de = get out of.
* largarse, irse al cuerno, irse al infierno, irse a paseo, irse al diablo, ir = get + lost ; go (and) take a hike.

 
largar
(v.) = shoot + Posesivo + mouth off ; shoot off at + the mouth ; turf out ; fire off ; shoot off + Posesivo + mouth ; shoot off + Posesivo + face.
Ex: She's just always shooting her mouth off and sticking her foot in it.
Ex: Perry has a lingering problem of shooting off at the mouth first, and asking questions later.
Ex: You will be disliked and turfed out as a sacrificial goat once your job is done but there will be many others queuing up for your services.
Ex: Incredible though it may seem, the youngster didn't fire off a volley of cheerful curses, but silently obeyed.
Ex: Landrieu needs to take a deep breath and count to 10 before shooting off her mouth.
Ex: Boy, how they shot off their face about how they were going to beat us!.
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* largar una excusa = give + Nombre + a song and dance.