overheatverb
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈhiːt/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈhiːt/overheat verb (TEMPERATURE)
[ I or T ] to (cause to) become hotter than necessary or wanted:
I think the engine is overheating.
It isn't healthy to overheat your house.
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Hot & heat
- beat
- blistering
- boil
- boiling
- burning
- closeness
- dog days
- fug
- heat
- heating
- heatwave
- mirage
- red-hot
- sizzling
- steaming
- stifling
- stuffy
- sweltering
- thermo-
- torrid
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overheat verb (ECONOMY)
[ I ] If an economy overheats, it grows very quickly, so that prices, etc. increase quickly.
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Price increases
- added value
- appreciation
- bounce
- dead cat bounce
- hyperinflation
- inflation
- inflationary
- jack
- jump
- markup
- put sth up
- rack sth up
- rebound
- rise
- rocket
- run
- run sth up
- soar
- spiral
- zoom
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