See take too far on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "takes too far",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking too far",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took too far",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken too far",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> too far"
},
"expansion": "take too far (third-person singular simple present takes too far, present participle taking too far, simple past took too far, past participle taken too far)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
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"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To apply some idea, course of action, or line of thought to contexts where it was not meant to be applied."
],
"id": "en-take_too_far-en-verb-ykH8vNpY",
"links": [
[
"course of action",
"course of action"
],
[
"line of thought",
"line of thought"
],
[
"context",
"context"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To apply some idea, course of action, or line of thought to contexts where it was not meant to be applied."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "go overboard"
},
{
"word": "go too far"
},
{
"word": "get carried away"
},
{
"word": "overdo"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "carry too far"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"word": "take too far"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "takes too far",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking too far",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took too far",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken too far",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> too far"
},
"expansion": "take too far (third-person singular simple present takes too far, present participle taking too far, simple past took too far, past participle taken too far)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "go overboard"
},
{
"word": "go too far"
},
{
"word": "get carried away"
},
{
"word": "overdo"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry"
],
"glosses": [
"To apply some idea, course of action, or line of thought to contexts where it was not meant to be applied."
],
"links": [
[
"course of action",
"course of action"
],
[
"line of thought",
"line of thought"
],
[
"context",
"context"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To apply some idea, course of action, or line of thought to contexts where it was not meant to be applied."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "carry too far"
}
],
"word": "take too far"
}
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