spread oneself thin

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spread oneself thin (third-person singular simple present spreads oneself thin, present participle spreading oneself thin, simple past and past participle spread oneself thin)

  1. (informal, idiomatic) To commit oneself to too many projects, so that there is little chance of completing them all satisfactorily.

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