Idiom
strain at the leash
Meaning
To be very eager to do or begin something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The excited puppy is straining at the leash to go outside.”
“The students are straining at the leash to finish their exams and start their summer vacation.”
“After months of careful planning and bureaucratic delays, the young entrepreneurs were straining at the leash to launch their innovative project.”
Examples
simple
“The excited puppy is straining at the leash to go outside.”
contextual
“The students are straining at the leash to finish their exams and start their summer vacation.”
complex
“After months of careful planning and bureaucratic delays, the young entrepreneurs were straining at the leash to launch their innovative project.”
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