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Antonyms for overexert
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : oh-ver-ig-zurt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vər ɪgˈzɜrt |
Definition of overexert
- As in strain : verb stretch, often to limit
- As in poop : verb exhaust
- As in tire out : verb exhaust
- As in exhaust : verb tire or wear out
- You are not at all liable to, for you will not overexert yourself.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
- The sailors showed at once they did not intend to overexert themselves.
- Extract from : « Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser » by Walter Fenton Mott
- I do not want any of you to overexert at these limbering and stretching exercises.
- Extract from : « The Art of Stage Dancing » by Ned Wayburn
- He slowed up so that she should not be tempted to overexert herself.
- Extract from : « Vistas of New York » by Brander Matthews
- Hauke took hold with all his strength and managed to do the job even though he had to overexert himself.
- Extract from : « The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 » by Friedrich Spielhagen
- In Japan they go rather slowly, and refuse to overexert themselves, and quite right, too; but here they go at top speed.
- Extract from : « Peking Dust » by Ellen N. La Motte
- How nice to see you up again; but you must be careful, very, very careful, not to overexert yourself.
- Extract from : « Elsie's Womanhood » by Martha Finley
Synonyms for overexert
- bankrupt
- burn out
- conk out
- constrict
- cripple
- debilitate
- disable
- distend
- distort
- do in
- drain
- draw
- draw tight
- drive
- enervate
- enfeeble
- exert
- extend
- fag
- fatigue
- frazzle
- impoverish
- injure
- overdo
- overexert
- overextend
- overfatigue
- overtax
- overtire
- overwork
- peter out
- poop
- poop out
- prostrate
- pull
- push
- push to the limit
- rack
- run ragged
- sap
- sprain
- suck dry
- take it out of
- task
- tauten
- tax
- tear
- tighten
- tire
- tire out
- tucker
- twist
- use up
- weaken
- wear down
- wear out
- weary
- wrench
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