overexert
[oh-ver-ig-zurt]
verb (used with object)
to exert excessively.
RELATED WORDS
tighten, injure, tear, twist, sprain, weaken, drain, sap, overwork, cripple, weary, disable, fatigue, impoverish, frazzle, distend, pull, task, tire, extend
Origin of overexert
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Examples from the Web for overexert
Historical Examples of overexert
You are not at all liable to, for you will not overexert yourself.
Frank Merriwell's CruiseBurt L. Standish
Hauke took hold with all his strength and managed to do the job even though he had to overexert himself.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11Friedrich Spielhagen
He slowed up so that she should not be tempted to overexert herself.
Vistas of New YorkBrander Matthews
In Japan they go rather slowly, and refuse to overexert themselves, and quite right, too; but here they go at top speed.
Peking DustEllen N. La Motte
How nice to see you up again; but you must be careful, very, very careful, not to overexert yourself.
Elsie's WomanhoodMartha Finley