overextend

[oh-ver-ik-stend]

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verb (used with object)

to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify.
to extend for too long a time: to overextend a stay.
to obligate (oneself) to more activities, work, etc., than one has time for or can accomplish well.

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Origin of overextend

First recorded in 1935–40; over- + extend

Related formso·ver·ex·ten·sion

[oh-ver-ik-sten-shuh n] /ˌoʊ vər ɪkˈstɛn ʃən/, noun

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Related Words for overextension

nervousness, tension, anxiety, hardship, crunch, agony, intensity, strain, heat, trauma, burden, hassle, fear, worry, devaluation, expectancy, force, spring, affliction, impatience

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Historical Examples of overextension

The regiment, when operating alone and attacking, should undertake an enveloping attack if it does not result in overextension.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911
United States War Department