to overexert

Examples

• All

• It's important to take breaks and not overexert yourself during workouts.

• "Perhaps the doctor's worried that you've been overexerting yourself."

  Fiction book (1996)

• But she worries that he will overexert himself.

  Chocolat (2000)

• My guess is that Sam overexerted himself.

  Arachnophobia (1990)

• Doctor said she overexerted herself.

  The Grudge 3 (2009)

• When she returns home, we'll want her to stay active, but don't let her overexert herself.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Don't go overexerting yourself, now.

  In Which We Serve (1942)

• She has seizures from time to time, when she has overexerted herself.

  Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

• You'll overexert yourself.

  Miss March (2009)

• Don't overexert yourself.

  Miss March (2009)

Synonyms

S

to strain

vsto overexert

87 4.2

To use a lot of effort to do something difficult

focuses on going beyond strength or limits not just making great effort

O

to overdo

vsto overexert

58 3.6

Do something too much, more than needed

is about too much physical or mental effort rather than any excess action

G

to go overboard

vsto overexert

• Informal

45 4.4

To do something more than is needed

covers general excess while the other term focuses specifically on excessive effort

O

to overextend

vsto overexert

19 6.3

To try to do more than you can handle and cause strain

focuses on exceeding strength or limits in effort rather than committing beyond reason

O

to overwork

vsto overexert

15 4.1

To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill

is broader, covering working too long rather than any excessive effort type

P

to push to the limit

vsto overexert

7 5.1

Make a person or thing work as hard as possible until they cannot keep going

often implies deliberate testing of limits rather than accidental overuse

O

to overtire

vsto overexert

3 6.8

To make someone very tired by doing too much

points to the action of making too much effort beyond strength or limits

O

to overexert oneself

vsto overexert

3 7.2

Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy

is the same meaning but often used without a reflexive pronoun

O

to overtrain

vsto overexert

1 6.5

To exercise so much that you feel tired and your body hurts

is the same excess effort but limited to training contexts rather than all effort

P

to push it to the limit

vsto overexert

• Informal

1 7.2

Use all your energy and take big risks to test your skill

implies deliberate reaching of extreme capacity not necessarily causing excessive effort

O

to overstress

vsto overexert

1 4.4

To put too much strain on the body or mind

focuses on surpassing one's strength or limits rather than the idea of strain

O

to overstretch

vsto overexert

1 5.5

To push someone or something beyond what they can manage

is more about making too much effort beyond personal strength than spatial stretching

O

to overstrain

vsto overexert

6.5

To push yourself or something too hard so it breaks and you become very tired

emphasizes exceeding personal strength or limits rather than damage

O

to overfatigue

vsto overexert

8.4

To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well

speaks of making too much effort beyond strength rather than just tiredness

O

to overtired

vsto overexert

3.5

To make someone very sleepy from too much activity

focuses on the action of making excessive effort beyond one's limits

O

to overweary

vsto overexert

• Archaic

9.5

To make someone very tired by doing too much without rest

stresses the act of exceeding strength rather than general tiredness

B

to break one's back

vsto overexert

• Informal

6.0

To work very hard at something until you are very tired

means making too much effort beyond strength, not only work intensity

W

to work to the bone

vsto overexert

• Informal

6.0

To do very hard, long tasks until you are very tired

emphasizes long, hard work specifically rather than any extreme effort

O

to overexercise

vsto overexert

4.3

To do too much physical activity and harm the body

focuses on exercise specifically rather than any physical or mental excess effort

Antonyms

R

to rest

816 1.0

To stop activity to relax or sleep and get energy back

Phrasal Verbs

O

to overexert oneself

3 7.2

Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy

How Strenuous

to overexert

4 6.5

work

∞ 1.0

to exert

33 4.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology