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overboom en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + boom.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something).
   • There is always a possibility that too much competition will result in overbooming the market, and result in a break, which will set things down for a time. 1921, Leather & Shoes, volume 62, page 75:
   • Its various resources are so vast that there is no possibility of overbooming the country. There is now a limitless demand for people of at least average intelligence and industry and with some money with which to get a fair start. 1909, Malton-Colony: Sacramento Valley California, page 5:
   • Are we in danger of overbooming the boom? There are good reasons to believe that we are making good progress toward depression-proofing the economy. 1956, Steel, volume 138, page 102:

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