"walk and chew gum at the same time" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-walk and chew gum at the same time.ogg [Australia] Forms: walks and chews gum at the same time [present, singular, third-person], walking and chewing gum at the same time [participle, present], walked and chewed gum at the same time [participle, past], walked and chewed gum at the same time [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|walk<> and chew<> gum at the same time}} walk and chew gum at the same time (third-person singular simple present walks and chews gum at the same time, present participle walking and chewing gum at the same time, simple past and past participle walked and chewed gum at the same time)
  1. (idiomatic, informal, chiefly in the negative) To do two normally trivial tasks at the same time; to exhibit basic competence or task-management skills. Tags: idiomatic, informal

Inflected forms

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