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overstretch verb [ əʊvəˈstrɛtʃ ]

• stretch too much.
• "if you overstretch your Achilles tendon, it can tear"
• make excessive demands on.
• "the extra burden of providing cover for a strike would overstretch personnel at home"

overstretch noun

• the state of being subject to excessive demands.
• "greater numbers allow naval forces to be more places at once without overstretch"


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