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overachievement
Variant of overachieve
intransitive verb overachieved, overachieving
- to do better in school studies than might be expected from scores on intelligence tests
- to drive oneself obsessively in trying to reach unreasonable goals
Related Forms:
- overachievement noun
- overachiever noun
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