eat an elephant one bite at a time (English, verb)
expansion: eat an elephant one bite at a time (third-person singular simple present eats an elephant one bite at a time, present participle eating an elephant one bite at a time, simple past ate an elephant one bite at a time, past participle eaten an elephant one bite at a time)
Senses:
qualifier: chiefly proverb
glosses: To do something one step at a time; to do something in steps rather than all at once.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: eats an elephant one bite at a time
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: eating an elephant one bite at a time
tags: participle
present
form: ate an elephant one bite at a time
tags: past
form: eaten an elephant one bite at a time
tags: participle
past
form: eat the elephant one bite at a time
tags: alternative