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/Sounds like "DEH" (as in "debt") + "PREH" (as in "press") + "poh" (as in "port")/

Meaning

To do something by force or sheer pushiness, without asking permission and ignoring everyone else. From Argentine lunfardo, acting de prepo means barging in or getting your way through sheer audacity.

Examples

He cut the line like it was nothing, just de prepo.

She walked into the meeting uninvited, totally de prepo.

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Regional synonyms

In Mexico, to be absolutely hammered - the peak level of drunkenness where you can barely stand. The highest tier on the peda (party drinking) scale.