"write checks one can't cash" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: writes checks one can't cash [present, singular, third-person], writing checks one can't cash [participle, present], wrote checks one couldn't cash [past], written checks one couldn't cash [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|write<,,wrote,written> checks one can't<can't,can't,couldn't> cash}} write checks one can't cash (third-person singular simple present writes checks one can't cash, present participle writing checks one can't cash, simple past wrote checks one couldn't cash, past participle written checks one couldn't cash)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To make promises one cannot keep, or to make boasts that are not true. Tags: idiomatic, informal Related terms: overpromise, put one's money where one's mouth is
    Sense id: en-write_checks_one_can't_cash-en-verb-XWexf1h4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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