"dar um passo maior do que a perna" meaning in Portuguese

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Verb

Forms: dou um passo maior do que a perna [first-person, present, singular], dei um passo maior do que a perna [first-person, preterite, singular], dado um passo maior do que a perna [participle, past]
Head templates: {{pt-verb}} dar um passo maior do que a perna (first-person singular present dou um passo maior do que a perna, first-person singular preterite dei um passo maior do que a perna, past participle dado um passo maior do que a perna)
  1. (idiomatic) to bite off more than one can chew (to try to do more than one can handle) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-dar_um_passo_maior_do_que_a_perna-pt-verb-2dmflchm Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for dar um passo maior do que a perna meaning in Portuguese (1.2kB)

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