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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word too big for one's britches:

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  1. too big for one's britches: Merriam-Webster
  2. too big for one's britches: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. too big for one's britches: Wiktionary

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  1. too big for one's britches: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (too big for one's britches)

adjective:  (idiomatic) Disturbingly confident, unacceptably cocky.
adjective:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Too large to fit into one's pants.


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