use a sledgehammer to crack a nut (English, verb)
expansion: use a sledgehammer to crack a nut (third-person singular simple present uses a sledgehammer to crack a nut, present participle using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, simple past and past participle used a sledgehammer to crack a nut)
Senses:
glosses: To use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously.
tags: Australia
British
New-Zealand
idiomatic
informal
intransitive
Forms:
form: uses a sledgehammer to crack a nut
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: using a sledgehammer to crack a nut
tags: participle
present
form: used a sledgehammer to crack a nut
tags: participle
past
form: used a sledgehammer to crack a nut
tags: past