overstand

[ oh-ver-stand ]

verb (used without object),o·ver·stood, o·ver·stand·ing.Nautical.

overreach (def. 13).

Origin of overstand

¹

1300–50; Middle English overstonden to stand over or by; see over-, stand

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How to use overstand in a sentence

Sometimes, however, they overstand their market, and suffer by refusing the first offers made.
Trade and Travel in the Far East | G. F. Davidson

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