English Explanatory Dictionary

cross that bridge when one comes to it

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises.

Pronunciation

en-au-cross that bridge when one comes to it.ogg

Word forms

cross that bridge when one comes to it crosses that bridge when one comes to it crossing that bridge when one comes to it crossed that bridge when one came to it cross that bridge when one gets there cross that bridge when one gets to it

Etymology

A metaphor for an idea being like a train of thought and the problem being like the bridge.

Antonyms

cross a bridge before one comes to it

Related words

all in good time take something as it comes

Derived words

burn that bridge when one comes to it
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