overextend
English
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editoverextend (third-person singular simple present overextends, present participle overextending, simple past and past participle overextended)
- To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
- (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
- (chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.
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editto expand or extend to an excessive degree
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to apply (a term) to too many referents
to push a pawn too far