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overextend

verb

Meaning

  1. To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit.
  2. To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
  3. To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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