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cuts off more than one can chew

cuts off more than one can chew is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut off more than one can chew.

Meaning of cut off more than one can chew

Verb

cut off more than one can chew (third-person singular simple present cuts off more than one can chew, present participle cutting off more than one can chew, simple past and past participle cut off more than one could chew)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of bite off more than one can chew.

Questions about cuts off more than one can chew

What is cuts off more than one can chew the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cuts off more than one can chew is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cut off more than one can chew.

Words near cuts off more than one can chew in the dictionary

  1. cuts loose
  2. cuts of their jibs
  3. cuts off
  4. cuts off a corner
  5. cuts off at the pass
  6. cuts off more than one can chew
  7. cuts off one's nose to spite one's face
  8. cuts one loose
  9. cuts one's cloth to suit one's purse
  10. cuts one's coat according to one's cloth
  11. cuts one's eyeteeth

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