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/Sounds like "AH" (as in "art") + "LOHS" (as in "loan") + "TOOM" (as in "tool") + "bohs" (as in "boat")/

Meaning

Stumbling forward despite constant setbacks, struggling but refusing to quit. In Argentina and Uruguay, going "a los tumbos" means things are not going smoothly but you are still making progress, one bumpy step at a time.

Examples

The project keeps lurching forward but we haven't given up on it.

We made it to the finish line stumbling the whole way, but we made it.

Regional synonyms

A classic Twitch emote placed at the end of a message to signal sarcasm or a joke. It tells the reader not to take what was just said at face value, the same way someone might say "just kidding."