barrer para casa

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “sweep for home/house”.

Verb

barrer para casa (first-person singular present barro para casa, first-person singular preterite barrí para casa, past participle barrido para casa)

(idiomatic) to look out for number one
Synonym: barrer para dentro

Further reading

“barrer para casa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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