Meanings
verboverpursue (third-person singular simple present overpursues, present participle overpursuing, simple past and past participle overpursued)
present singular third person overpursues · participle present overpursuing · participle past overpursued · past overpursued
- transitiveTo 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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APA
overpursue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpursue
MLA
“overpursue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpursue. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overpursue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overpursue.
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