"juggling act" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: juggling acts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} juggling act (plural juggling acts)
  1. (idiomatic) A situation in which someone has to deal with several conflicting things simultaneously Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-juggling_act-en-noun-Cij1mPkw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: juggling act.
    Sense id: en-juggling_act-en-noun-88AKaUzk Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename

Inflected forms

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