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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.

In Spain, a babysitter: a person hired to take care of children while the parents go out for the evening. The word comes from the English "kangaroo" and became established in colloquial Spanish during the second half of the 20th century.