salir por patas

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "leave by feet"

Verb

salir por patas (first-person singular present salgo por patas, first-person singular preterite salí por patas, past participle salido por patas)

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) to scram; to run off
    • 2021, Eduardo Casas Herrer, Madrid 2030, Grupo de Homicidios:
      Luego llegó alguien de fuera, puede que colegas de los primeros saqueadores y, al ver la escena, la emprendieron a tiros con todo y salieron por patas.
      Then someone from outside arrived, perhaps acquaintances of the first looters, and on seeing the scene, they shot up the place and scrammed off.
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