overindulge
verb (used with or without object)
to indulge to excess.
had overindulged
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past perfectof overindulge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The market had overindulged in speculation and borrowing, and it was issuing its own emetic.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2015
Grant wasn't feeling very well--he had overindulged, the previous night while pulling in customers, on "tomato rolls," his own invention.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel
