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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "SEHR" (as in "set") + "seh" (as in "set") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "MWEHR" + "toh" (as in "toll")/

Meaning

To play dead, pretending not to know anything, not be involved, or have no responsibility in something to avoid problems or work. The art of convenient invisibility.

Examples

He played dumb when they asked who broke the window.

He always disappears when it's time to clean up.

To speak with complete honesty and no holds barred, putting everything on the table without sugarcoating. In Mexico, saying things "a calzón quitado" means being brutally direct.