over extend
vər verb (used with object)
1.
to extend, reach, or expand beyond a proper, safe, or reasonable point: a company that overextended its credit to diversify.
2.
to extend for too long a time: to overextend a stay.
3.
to obligate (oneself) to more activities, work, etc., than one has time for or can accomplish well.
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| overextend | |
verb | |
| strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" [syn: overstrain] |
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Over extend
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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