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overtry

overtry verb: to spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).

Verb

overtry (third-person singular simple present overtries, present participle overtrying, simple past and past participle overtried)

  1. (transitive) To spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).
    • “It would appear to me that the case is being overtried by the district attorney’s office,” said Benjamin Brafman, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.2009 August 18, A. G. Sulzberger, “Astor Trial Plods on, Trying the Patience of Many”, in New York Times

Forms of overtry

third-person singular presentovertries
present participleovertrying
past participleovertried
pastovertried

Origin of overtry

From over- + try.

Questions about overtry

What does overtry mean?
Overtry means to spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).
What part of speech is overtry?
Overtry is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtry?
The past tense of overtry is overtried.

Words near overtry in the dictionary

  1. overtrusted
  2. overtrustful
  3. overtrusting
  4. overtrusts
  5. overtruthful
  6. overtry
  7. overtrying
  8. overts
  9. overtube
  10. overtubes
  11. overtubulation

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