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Echar por tierra

To ruin / To dash / To demolish

Idioms & Sayings
Notes & Usage:

Literally 'to throw to the ground'. Describes completely destroying a plan, hope, argument, or effort.

See It in Context

La lluvia echó por tierra todos nuestros planes.

The rain ruined all our plans.

Con una sola frase echó por tierra su argumento.

With one sentence he demolished her argument.

—¿Cómo acabó? —Echó por tierra todo el trabajo.

—How did it end? —She ruined all the work.

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