dê seus pulos

Portuguese

Meaning

figure it out yourself, manage on your own

Example

Não tenho como te ajudar agora, dê seus pulos!

I can't help you right now, figure it out yourself!

Origin

The image is transparent: pular means "to jump" or "to hop," and dar seus pulos pictures someone nimbly leaping between obstacles instead of waiting around for help — the same resourceful, improvising spirit behind expressions like se virar.

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Source: Dicionário inFormal — dar seus pulos.

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