overextend

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Definition of overextend

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

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

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verb

To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
(transitive)To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
(transitive)To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.

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From over- + extend.

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