overborrow

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verb

To borrow too much money.

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Meanings

verboverborrow (third-person singular simple present overborrows, present participle overborrowing, simple past and past participle overborrowed)

present singular third person overborrows · participle present overborrowing · participle past overborrowed · past overborrowed

  1. To borrow too much money.

    I feel that Americans overborrow and overconsume.

    2007 December 20, “The Fed's Empty Gun”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + borrow.

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APA

overborrow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overborrow

MLA

“overborrow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overborrow. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overborrow,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overborrow.

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