"cross a bridge before one comes to it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: crosses a bridge before one comes to it [present, singular, third-person], crossing a bridge before one comes to it [participle, present], crossed a bridge before one came to it [participle, past], crossed a bridge before one came to it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cross<> a bridge before one comes<comes,comes,came> to it}} cross a bridge before one comes to it (third-person singular simple present crosses a bridge before one comes to it, present participle crossing a bridge before one comes to it, simple past and past participle crossed a bridge before one came to it)
  1. To worry about a future situation despite being as yet unable to act on it. Related terms: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof, don't count your chickens before they're hatched
    Sense id: en-cross_a_bridge_before_one_comes_to_it-en-verb-lBbdaPhj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

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