Translation of "ponerse a raya" to English

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Dictionary translations for "ponerse a raya"

ponerse a raya verb

hold back (locución verbal)

Contexts with "ponerse a raya"

Tal era su orgullo que él no pudo ponerse a ignorar el insulto. Such was his pride that he could not bring himself to ignore the insult.

Ella intentó ponerse a dieta y bajar cinco kilos. She tried to go on a diet and lose five kilograms.

Tom no pudo ponerse a la par de los otros estudiantes después de que se recuperó del coma. Tom couldn't catch up with the other students after he came out of his coma.

Él mantuvo a los invasores a la raya con una ametralladora. He kept the invaders at bay with a machine gun.

Para proteger la cabeza hay que ponerse casco. One has to put on a helmet to protect the head.

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