irse al garete

Spanish

Verb

ir se al garete (first-person singular present me voy al garete, first-person singular preterite me fui al garete, past participle ido al garete)

to be driven by the force of the wind, the sea or the current (due to having lost the anchors or some other failure) (of a boat)
(idiomatic) to go bad, to spoil

See also

irse a pique

Further reading

“irse algo al garete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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