recoger cable

Language: es

1.
All Spanish-speaking regionsneutralliteral
- To coil, pull in, or gather up a cable, rope, or line.
2.
SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
- To retract a statement or position, to backtrack, or to attempt to undo or cover up a verbal or tactical mistake.

Examples:

ES: Cayó en la cuenta y quiso recoger cable.
EN: He immediately realized his mistake, and he was trying to buy it back.

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