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overexert

[ oh-ver-ig-zurt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

First recorded in 1840–50; over- + exert

Just make sure not overexert yourself during those infrequent exercise excursions, DiPietro says.

Hauke took hold with all his strength and managed to do the job even though he had to overexert himself.

How nice to see you up again; but you must be careful, very, very careful, not to overexert yourself.

He slowed up so that she should not be tempted to overexert herself.

He did not look like a man who would overexert himself for anything, and yet the air might have been cultivated and not natural.

You are not at all liable to, for you will not overexert yourself.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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