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too big for one's boots

too big for one's boots adjective: far less important or capable than one thinks or claims oneself to be.

Adjective

too big for one's boots

  1. (idiomatic) Far less important or capable than one thinks or claims oneself to be.

Synonyms of too big for one's boots

Questions about too big for one's boots

What does too big for one's boots mean?
Too big for one's boots means far less important or capable than one thinks or claims oneself to be.
What part of speech is too big for one's boots?
Too big for one's boots is an adjective.

Words near too big for one's boots in the dictionary

  1. Tonys
  2. Tonyville
  3. too
  4. too bad
  5. too bad, so sad
  6. too big for one's boots
  7. too big for one's breeches
  8. too big for one's britches
  9. too big to fail
  10. too big to jail
  11. too clever by half

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