contra las cuerdas
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Spanish[edit]
Adverb[edit]
- (boxing, professional wrestling) on the ropes (leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse)
- (idiomatic, figuratively, by extension) on the ropes (showing signs of imminent failure or collapse)
Further reading[edit]
- “contra las cuerdas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014