echar pa'lante

Caribbean Spanish 
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echar pa'lante
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
1.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(general)
Regionalism used in the Caribbean: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico
(Caribbean)
a. to succeed
Tras años de mucho trabajo y esfuerzo, finalmente echó pa'lante.After working hard for many years, he finally succeeded.
b. to make it
Marcos se fue a Europa creyendo que echaría pa'lante, pero tuvo que volverse sin un centavo.Marcos moved to Europe thinking he would make it, but he had to come back without a cent.
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