"break a butterfly upon a wheel" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks a butterfly upon a wheel [present, singular, third-person], breaking a butterfly upon a wheel [participle, present], broke a butterfly upon a wheel [past], broken a butterfly upon a wheel [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> a butterfly upon a wheel}} break a butterfly upon a wheel (third-person singular simple present breaks a butterfly upon a wheel, present participle breaking a butterfly upon a wheel, simple past broke a butterfly upon a wheel, past participle broken a butterfly upon a wheel)
  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_upon_a_wheel-en-verb-PT0uHy7j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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