"break a butterfly on the wheel" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks a butterfly on the wheel [present, singular, third-person], breaking a butterfly on the wheel [participle, present], broke a butterfly on the wheel [past], broken a butterfly on the wheel [participle, past]
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  1. Alternative form of break a butterfly upon the wheel Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: break a butterfly upon the wheel
    Sense id: en-break_a_butterfly_on_the_wheel-en-verb-PT0uHy7j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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