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overstrain definition

over·strain (ō′vər strān′)

transitive verb

to put under very great strain; overwork

intransitive verb

to exert great effort

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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