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overbooms

overbooms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overboom.

Meaning of overboom

Verb

overboom (third-person singular simple present overbooms, present participle overbooming, simple past and past participle overboomed)

  1. (transitive) To grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something).
    • Its various resources are so vast that there is no possibility of overbooming the country. There is now a limitless demand for people of at least average intelligence and industry and with some money with which to get a fair start.1909, Malton-Colony: Sacramento Valley California, page 5

Questions about overbooms

What is overbooms the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overbooms is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overboom.

Words near overbooms in the dictionary

  1. overbookish
  2. overbooks
  3. overboom
  4. overboomed
  5. overbooming
  6. overbooms
  7. overboost
  8. overboosted
  9. overboosting
  10. overboosts
  11. overboot

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