overstretch
verb (especially British English)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they overstretch | |
he / she / it overstretches | |
past simple overstretched | |
past participle overstretched | |
-ing form overstretching |
- overstretch somebody/something/yourself
to do more than you are capable of; to make somebody/something do more than they are capable of (使)勉强维持,硬撑着,超负荷运转