britches
noun/ˈbrɪtʃɪz/
/ˈbrɪtʃɪz/
(especially North American English) (also breeches British and North American English)
Idioms - short trousers fastened just below the knee
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Idioms
See britches in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe/get too big for your britches (North American English)
(also be/get too big for your boots British and North American English)
- to be/become too proud of yourself; to behave as if you are more important than you really are
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