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▸ verb:  To expand or extend to an excessive degree, especially to do so beyond a safe limit; to overreach.
▸ verb:  (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too many referents, by overextension.
▸ verb:  (chess, transitive) To push a pawn too far, so that it becomes vulnerable to the opponent's attacks.

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