overextend
verbEtymology
From over- + extend.
Definitions
To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit
To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for overextend. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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