overpursue en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + pursue.
Meanings
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(transitive) To pursue too far.
Sometimes running to the football, you're going to overpursue, and he may break it all the way out back out the back door.
2007 December 23, Thayer Evans, “Diminutive Tailback Is a Giant in Scoring”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overpursuing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overpursues | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overpursued | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overpursued | Tense=Past | lexicographic |