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/Sounds like "koo" (as in "cool") + "leh" (as in "let") + "BRYAHR"/

Meaning

To act like a snake, making underhanded moves and betraying people behind their backs. In Colombia and Venezuela, "culebriar" describes the ongoing behavior of someone who smiles to your face while scheming against you. The damage only surfaces after it is already done.

Examples

He kept backstabbing everyone until they finally figured him out and cut him off.

Stop playing both sides or you're going to end up with no one.

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Regional synonyms

To leave a place decisively, to take off without hesitating or looking back. In Argentina and Uruguay, largar has an energy of urgency or relief: you are done here and you are going now.