overpursue

verb

overpursue

verb

Etymology From over- + pursue.

1

To pursue too far.

  • Sometimes running to the football, you're going to overpursue, and he may break it all the way out back out the back door.2007 December 23, Thayer Evans, “Diminutive Tailback Is a Giant in Scoring”, in New York Times:
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