oversell
verb/oʊ.vɚ.sɛl/US
Etymology
Definitions
To agree to sell more of something than one can supply.
To be too eager in attempting to sell something.
To praise something to excess.
- I don't want to oversell it, but [second clause]
- I don't want to oversell it, but you've got to check out that new restaurant on Third Street.
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To sell for a higher price than
To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in sale price.
- One whose beauty / Would oversell all Italy
The neighborhood
- neighborupsell
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for oversell. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA