OVERCARRY

Etymology

Verb

overcarry (third-person singular simple present overcarries, present participle overcarrying, simple past and past participle overcarried)

(transitive) To carry too far, or beyond the proper point.

(intransitive) To go to excess.

Anagrams

• carry over, carryover

Source: Wiktionary


O`ver*car"ry, v. t. & i.

Definition: To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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