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/Sounds like "toh" (as in "toll") + "MAHR" (as in "mark") + "seh" (as in "set") + "lahs" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

To get out of a place quickly in Argentina and Uruguay before things go south. Escaping because you don't want to be there a second longer or because the situation got uncomfortable.

Examples

We bounced before the subway closed.

He took off the second he saw the cops.

A bodyguard or personal security escort. In Mexico, "guarura" refers to the big, intimidating guys who protect politicians, businessmen, or cartel figures, always wearing dark sunglasses and keeping everyone at a distance. More street-level and informal than the clinical "guardaespaldas."