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Spanish
Verb
pasarse de rosca (first-person singular present me paso de rosca, first-person singular preterite me pasé de rosca, past participle pasado de rosca)
- to wear down, wear out or wear off the thread of a nut and therefore does not grip the nut
- (idiomatic) to go too far, overstep the mark, to overshoot
2020, Fernando Benzo, Nunca fuimos héroes:Al final, como se veía venir, uno de los rusos se pasó de rosca. Y se acabó de joder la noche. En un momento en que Dolores pasó cerca de ellos, se inclinó sobre la barra, estiró el brazo, la agarró por la muñeca y la atrajo hacia sí pidiéndole «solo un besito».- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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