Usually means: Taking on more than manageable.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. bite off more than one can chew: Merriam-Webster
  2. bite off more than one can chew: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bite off more than one can chew: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bite off more than one can chew: Wiktionary
  5. bite off more than one can chew: Dictionary.com
  6. bite off more than one can chew: ESL Idiom Page

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bite off more than one can chew: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bite off more than one can chew: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (bite off more than one can chew)

verb:  (idiomatic) To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.

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