overrace

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verb

To race too often.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verboverrace (third-person singular simple present overraces, present participle overracing, simple past and past participle overraced)

present singular third person overraces · participle present overracing · participle past overraced · past overraced

  1. transitiveTo race too often.

    To most, that means keeping their horses fresh for the big day and making sure they have not been overraced in the days and months leading up to the main event.

    2007 August 19, Bill Finley, “Racing Becomes Afterthought as Focus Turns to Breeding and Big Bucks”, in New York Times

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overrace,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrace.

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