to overextend
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6.3
- verb
- /ˌoʊvərɪkˈstɛnd/
:
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- Be cautious not to overextend during busy seasons, as it can lead to burnout.
- become overextended
- emotionally overextended
- already overextended
And for me, it is super important to really overextend what you are trying to achieve.
- And for me, it is super important to really overextend what you are trying to achieve.
- I just think that's, and if you, you, you can't overextend yourself.
- I think that I can go into like carer mode and do too much for others and overextend myself sometimes.
- That's also when you get caught up in the moment and you start overextending yourself to keep this whole thing rolling.
- Yes, his campaign staff is worried when he overextends himself by working long hours or riding a bike or nodding too hard.
- But ultimately, you know, there was aspects of overextending ourselves.
- So now she wants to again overextend herself.
- So don't start to overextend yourself trying to compensate for something which in reality you're trying to you.
Examples
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Project staff emphasize that trainees monitor their own time so that they do not become overextended.
Academic text (1991) -
Maybe next time, don't overextend yourself.
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We're overextended with the four projects we're involved in now.
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In other words, you and your husband were way overextended... and you both knew it.
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For the first time in his married life, he had overextended himself.
Fiction book (1993) -
I think that I can go into like carer mode and do too much for others and overextend myself sometimes.
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Not only does society dictate that one must overextend to be successful, but the music education profession does as well.
Academic text (1993) -
In light of these factors, many farmers and planters often found themselves overextended, in debt, and in economic peril.
Academic text (2007) -
Like other empires before us, we have become overextended both militarily and fiscally.
Academic text (2011) -
Online and performance-based assessments require an additional investment of time by already overextended instructors (Worth et al., 1995).
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
87
4.2
To use a lot of effort to do something difficult
58
3.6
Do something too much, more than needed
15
4.1
To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill
12
5.9
To give someone too much work or responsibility
8
6.6
To try to do more than you can and fail
6
7.0
To try to do too many things at the same time so you cannot do any well
4
6.5
Make more effort than your body or mind can handle
3
6.8
To make someone very tired by doing too much
3
7.2
Make too much effort with your body or mind so it is unhealthy
1
6.1
Agreeing to do more work or tasks than you can handle
1
5.5
To push someone or something beyond what they can manage
1
4.4
To put too much strain on the body or mind
1
5.0
Needing a lot of effort and making you very tired
1
5.2
To grow too fast and cause serious problems for a business
To push yourself or something too hard so it breaks and you become very tired
To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well
To make someone very tired by doing too much without rest
How Stretched
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overextend is made of over- meaning 'too much' and extend meaning 'to stretch out'. Imagine stretching a rubber band too far until it strains; that's why to overextend yourself or your resources is to try to do more than you can and cause strain.