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cross that bridge when one gets there

cross that bridge when one gets there is the alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to it.

Meaning of cross that bridge when one comes to it

Verb

cross that bridge when one comes to it (third-person singular simple present crosses that bridge when one comes to it, present participle crossing that bridge when one comes to it, simple past and past participle crossed that bridge when one came to it)

  1. (idiomatic) To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises.
    • It's possible we'll eventually have more books than available space for them, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Forms of cross that bridge when one gets there

third-person singular presentcrosses that bridge when one gets there
present participlecrossing that bridge when one gets there
past participlecrossed that bridge when one got there
pastcrossed that bridge when one got there

Questions about cross that bridge when one gets there

What is cross that bridge when one gets there the alternative form of?
Cross that bridge when one gets there is the alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to it.

Words near cross that bridge when one gets there in the dictionary

  1. cross tabulations
  2. cross talk
  3. cross term
  4. cross terms
  5. cross that bridge when one comes to it
  6. cross that bridge when one gets there
  7. cross that bridge when one gets to it
  8. cross the aisle
  9. cross the floor
  10. cross the line
  11. cross the river

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross that bridge when one gets there (page history and authors); cross that bridge when one comes to it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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