overstretch
to stretch excessively.
to stretch or extend over.
an act or instance of overstretching.
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How to use overstretch in a sentence
However, the agency began to overstretch its finances and suffered heavy losses in the 1987 crash.
Charles Saatchi: From Saatchi & Saatchi to Allegedly Choking Nigella Lawson | Peter Jukes | June 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs Professor Paul Kennedy of Yale has ominously warned, “imperial overstretch” can bankrupt and ruin even the mightiest empire.
I do not overstretch the truth when I say that he liked himself first-rate.
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British Dictionary definitions for overstretch
/ (ˌəʊvəˈstrɛtʃ) /
to make excessive demands or put excessive pressure on (oneself, finances, etc)
to stretch (muscles or limbs) too much or too hard
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