employ a steam engine to crack a nut

English

Verb

employ a steam engine to crack a nut (third-person singular simple present employs a steam engine to crack a nut, present participle employing a steam engine to crack a nut, simple past and past participle employed a steam engine to crack a nut)

  1. (rare, idiomatic) To carry out a simple task in an overcomplicated manner.
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