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/Sounds like "kahs" (as in "car") + "kah" (as in "car") + "REE" (as in "reed") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

An informal pickup soccer game with no strict rules played among friends in Mexico. All you need is a ball, two goals made of anything, and enough people to run around.

Examples

Let's play a quick pickup game after work.

We had a pickup match at the park and it ended up lasting three hours.

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Regional synonyms

To get mixed up in something shady or morally compromising, ending up tainted by association. In Spain, once you are "pringado" there is no pretending you were not involved. The word literally means getting covered in grease or fat, and socially it means you are implicated whether you meant to be or not.