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UK
/ˌəʊvəstɹˈɛtʃ/
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VERB
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strain abnormally
I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up
The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition
How To Use overstretch In A Sentence
- And "The neoconservative hubris, which sort of assigns to America some kind of geo-strategic responsibility for maximizing democracy, overstretches the resources of a free country. Firedoglake » Can Republicans Put Country Before Party?
- Perhaps ongoing sandstorms in the desert will provide time to reinforce overstretched supply lines (although they are also doing tremendous damage to the equipment of the coalition forces).
- Never force your legs to overstretch, or you can cause injuries.
- Once again it has been left to a recession to catch out those who overstretched themselves in the boom years.
- The prison service is badly overstretched.
- Be sure to maintain the stretched position for at least 20 seconds, and do not overstretch the muscles.
- One barrier to charges is the likelihood that people will turn to overstretched A&E units instead. Times, Sunday Times
- The rescue services were overstretched enough. The Sun
- Senior Liberal Democrats feel the new intake should not be overstretched or exposed to too much pressure while they bed in, so the MPs are unlikely to take frontline roles.
- Government plans which could result in the children of failed asylum seekers being placed in council care could lead to more problems for Southend's already overstretched social services, it was claimed today.