"strain at the leash" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: strains at the leash [present, singular, third-person], straining at the leash [participle, present], strained at the leash [participle, past], strained at the leash [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} strain at the leash (third-person singular simple present strains at the leash, present participle straining at the leash, simple past and past participle strained at the leash)
  1. (idiomatic) To be very eager to do or begin something. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-strain_at_the_leash-en-verb-TM-2GLfS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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      },
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      "glosses": [
        "To be very eager to do or begin something."
      ],
      "id": "en-strain_at_the_leash-en-verb-TM-2GLfS",
      "links": [
        [
          "eager",
          "eager"
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        "(idiomatic) To be very eager to do or begin something."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "strained at the leash",
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    },
    {
      "form": "strained at the leash",
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        "To be very eager to do or begin something."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To be very eager to do or begin something."
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