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overexpose |
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overexquisite |
overextend
| overextension
| overexuberant
| overeye
| overfall
| overfamiliar
overextend
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb overextend has 1 sense
- overextend(v = verb.consumption) overstrain - strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" is one way to extend, strain
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
overextend, v.tr.
1 extend (a thing) too far.
2 (also refl.) take on (oneself) or impose on (another person) an excessive burden of work.
1 extend (a thing) too far.
2 (also refl.) take on (oneself) or impose on (another person) an excessive burden of work.
THESAURUS
overextend
haul, heave, inflate, overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexert, overexpand, overstrain, overstretch, overtax, press, pull, rack, strain, strain every nerve, stress, stretch, sweat blood, swell, tax, tense, tug
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