overstock
verb (used with object)
to stock to excess.
had overstocked
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past perfectof overstock.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had overstocked the market, with a big surplus left on his hands.
From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
But just as likely as not the disorder merely indicated the slovenly indifference of plunderers to the fruits of a pillage that had overstocked them.
From The Frozen Pirate by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
