salir al paso

Spanish

salir al paso (first-person singular present salgo al paso, first-person singular preterite salí al paso, past participle salido al paso)

(idiomatic) to refute, to deny
- 1900, Leopoldo Alas, La Regenta, chapter XXIX:
  -¿Qué hay? -gritó el Magistral acercándose a la criada, como queriendo salir al paso a las noticias
  "What's going on?", shouted the Magister, approaching the nanny, as if he wanted to refute the news
(idiomatic) to address a concern, to mitigate, to meet a need, to counter
- 2023 January 15, Francisco Longo, “La insoportable levedad de la malversación”, in El País‎^[1]:
  El Gobierno ha querido salir al paso de esa inquietud aduciendo que la corrupción no va a salir beneficiada
  The government has wanted to address that worry, claiming that corruption will not pay.