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overextend

 verb
     
o‧ver‧ex‧tend [transitive]
1 to try to do or use too much of something, causing problems, illness, or damage
overextend yourself
Be careful not to overextend yourself. You've been very ill.
2 to spend more money than you actually have:
Jackson's company became overextended financially.
—overextended adjective
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