überstrapazieren — meaning in English
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English meaning
- overreach verb To stretch out further than is normal or sensible.
Senses
überstrapazieren is used for these senses in English:
- overreach (ambitransitive, figuratively) To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability; to overextend.
overreach — full definition
- verb To stretch out further than is normal or sensible.
- verb (law) To end someone's claim on a property by selling or mortgaging it, so that their right passes instead to the money paid for it.
- verb To go further than is proper, or further than one is able; to overextend oneself.
- verb Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
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