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/Sounds like "yeh" (as in "yes") + "BAHR" (as in "bar") + "seh" (as in "set") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "kohr" (as in "coat") + "BAH" (as in "bar") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

To get swept up in someone else's mess, dragged into a problem by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The person 'de corbata' didn't look for the trouble, the trouble found them.

Examples

I got tangled up in that fight and it wasn't even mine.

The scandal from his boss took him down too.

Regional synonyms

A stray dog with no owner that roams the streets and survives however it can. In Central America and Mexico, 'chucho' is any street dog, usually skinny and friendly.