Overextend Definition
ōvər-ĭk-stĕnd
overextended, over-extended, overextending, overextends
verb
overextended, overextending
To extend beyond reasonable limits or beyond one's capacity to meet obligations or commitments.
Webster's New World
To obligate (oneself) beyond a limit, especially a financial one.
American Heritage
(linguistics) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
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Origin of Overextend
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over- +"Ž extend
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