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attempted to do too muchThe exact meaning of overextended depends upon the context. For example:
- "She overextended herself when she bought the car." — took on too much debt or fixed expense
- "The army is overextended." — trying to do too much
- "She overextended the ladder." — made it too long
- "She overextended her shoulder." — stretched or reached too far
- "She overextended her stay with her brother." — stayed too long
- "While playing chess, she overextended her bishop." — moved it beyond a safe limit
- I can't buy a new car. I'm already overextended.
- The organization was already overextended, with large projects all over the world.Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
- Our staff was overextended, but I was thrilled with the talented lawyers and professionals we had working with us.Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
- That he'd overextended the school's finances.Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War
- On the fourth or fifth thrust, the tall woman overextended herself and lost her balance, just for a second.George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
- It would overextend her powers.Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
- I had overextended myself in other ways, too.Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
- He'd have his secretary check his schedule to make sure he wasn't overextending himself ....Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook
- To the south we have outflanked or broken through the German lines in several places, and I am told some of our overextended units were encircled.Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
- He was sweating profusely, and his face was flushed an unhealthy, overextended crimson.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- He overextended himself.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- We are poor, overextended, and low on supplies, and few recruits are joining us from the Empire.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- Don't overextend –" the Healer began.Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
- We're overextended!Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
- In a stress-defying bid for unrealistic expansion, his father had overextended himself, committing enormous sums of money that existed only in his imagination and in the minds of avaricious bankers.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- In these dreams I satisfied my own sick and overextended need to be my own greatest hero.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- At the other end of the parade ground, I heard Gauldin Grace's harsh, overextended voice screaming out the findings of the honor court.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- That was his exact word, 'overextended.'Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War
- As Eragon twisted, he overextended and strained his back.Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
- We're just so overextended—"Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
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