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Overextend Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Overextend has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

strain excessively

"He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"

2

To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
strain
Rhyming Words
end bend hend vend lend pend send tend zend wend mend fend rend emend 3 end trend piend fiend shend anend
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