spread thin

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  • spread thin — spread ((yourself/itself) too) thin 1. to try to do too many different things at the same time. Max has spread himself thin and needs to focus on just a couple of his best ideas. The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably …   New idioms dictionary

  • spread yourself too thin — spread ((yourself/itself) too) thin 1. to try to do too many different things at the same time. Max has spread himself thin and needs to focus on just a couple of his best ideas. The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably …   New idioms dictionary

  • spread itself too thin — spread ((yourself/itself) too) thin 1. to try to do too many different things at the same time. Max has spread himself thin and needs to focus on just a couple of his best ideas. The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably …   New idioms dictionary

  • spread too thin — spread ((yourself/itself) too) thin 1. to try to do too many different things at the same time. Max has spread himself thin and needs to focus on just a couple of his best ideas. The company has expanded into many different areas and has probably …   New idioms dictionary

  • spread — spread1 W2S2 [spred] v past tense and past participle spread ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(affect more people/places)¦ 2¦(information/ideas)¦ 3¦(open/arrange)¦ 4¦(throughout an area)¦ 5¦(soft substance)¦ 6¦(arms/fingers etc)¦ 7¦(over time)¦ 8¦(share)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • spread — [c]/sprɛd / (say spred) verb (spread, spreading) –verb (t) 1. Also, spread out. to draw or stretch out to the full width, as a cloth, a rolled or folded map, folded wings, etc. 2. Also, spread out. to extend over a greater or a relatively great… …  

  • spread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scatter, strew; disseminate, diffuse, circulate; cover; unfold, stretch; part, separate; show, display; expand, disperse, deploy. n. diffusion, expansion; extent, expanse; bedspread, coverlet; meal,… …   English dictionary for students

  • spread — [spred] vt. spread, spreading [ME spreden < OE sprædan, akin to Ger spreiten < IE * sprei d , to sprinkle, strew < base * (s)p(h)er , to strew, spray, burst (of buds) > SPRAY1, SPRAWL, SPROUT] 1. to draw out so as to display more… …   English World dictionary

  • spread oneself too thin — {v. phr.} To try to do too many things at one time. * /As the owner, chef, waiter, and dishwasher of his restaurant, Pierre was spreading himself too thin./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • spread oneself too thin — {v. phr.} To try to do too many things at one time. * /As the owner, chef, waiter, and dishwasher of his restaurant, Pierre was spreading himself too thin./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • spread yourself too thin — If you spread youself too thin, you overextend yourself and take on too many things to deal with them properly …   The small dictionary of idiomes


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