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overborrow

overborrow verb: to borrow too much money.

Verb

overborrow (third-person singular simple present overborrows, present participle overborrowing, simple past and past participle 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

Forms of overborrow

third-person singular presentoverborrows
present participleoverborrowing
past participleoverborrowed
pastoverborrowed

Origin of overborrow

From over- + borrow.

Questions about overborrow

What does overborrow mean?
Overborrow means to borrow too much money.
What part of speech is overborrow?
Overborrow is a verb.
What is the past tense of overborrow?
The past tense of overborrow is overborrowed.

Words near overborrow in the dictionary

  1. overbored
  2. overbores
  3. overboring
  4. overborn
  5. overborne
  6. overborrow
  7. overborrowed
  8. overborrowing
  9. overborrows
  10. overboss
  11. overbossed

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