| VERB | consumption | overextend, overstrain | strain excessively |
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| Sounds | ow.verihksteh'nd | |
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| Rhymes | amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd... | |
| Meaning | strain excessively. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment" | |
| Synonym | overstrain | |
| Broader | strain, extend | Use to the utmost |
| Spanish | extralimitarse, forzar, sobreesforzarse | |
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