overstand
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of overstand
1300–50; Middle English overstonden to stand over or by; see over-, stand
Example Sentences
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Sometimes, however, they overstand their market, and suffer by refusing the first offers made.
From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by Davidson, G. F.
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