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overstretcho‧ver‧stretch /ˌəʊvəˈstretʃ $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEoverstretch |
Present | I, you, we, they | overstretch | | he, she, it | overstretches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overstretched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overstretched | | he, she, it | has overstretched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overstretched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overstretch | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overstretched |
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Present | I | am overstretching | | he, she, it | is overstretching | | you, we, they | are overstretching | Past | I, he, she, it | was overstretching | | you, we, they | were overstretching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overstretching | | he, she, it | has been overstretching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overstretching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overstretching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overstretching |
- Problems arise only when we overstretch ourselves.
- There is a danger that a voluntary organisation can take on more than it can handle and consequently overstretch its resources.
to try to do more than you are able to, or to use more money, supplies etc than you have: an overstretched social services departmentoverstretch yourself Problems only arise when people overstretch themselves. |