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cutting off more than one can chew

cutting off more than one can chew is the present participle and gerund 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 cutting off more than one can chew

What is cutting off more than one can chew the present participle and gerund of?
Cutting off more than one can chew is the present participle and gerund of cut off more than one can chew.

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

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

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