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over-celebrate

verb

Etymology

From over- + celebrate.

  1. borrowed from celebrātus
  2. inherited from celebraten
  3. prefixed as over-celebrate — “over + celebrate”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of overcelebrate.

    • He DID drink on his off days, however, and since the diner had been closed for three days over the New Year's weekend, Tony had “over-celebrated” and was too hung over to come in.
    • Beef looked at me owlishly, and I thought for a moment that he, too, had over-celebrated.
    • We over-budgeted, overspent, over-celebrated, over-enjoyed and over-entertained our customers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA