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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of overswing.

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Examples

  • Refiners "overswung and demand hasn't materialized," said Sander Cohan, an analyst with Energy Security Analysis Inc. in Wakefield, Mass.

    No Happy Holiday for Refiners 2009

  • Phil Mickelson won 30 PGA golf tournaments and two Masters, hitting the ball sideways because he overswung.

    Phil Mickelson Gives Pope Benedict XVI a Lesson 2007

  • With two outs in the first inning and Nava at third base, Navarro overswung so badly he had to take a couple of steps across the plate toward the visitors dugout to steady himself for strike two.

    The Roanoke Times: Home page 2009

  • But he overswung and left his chest open, and that’s when I stabbed him in the chest.

    KILLING WILLIS TODD BRIDGES 2010

  • But he overswung and left his chest open, and that’s when I stabbed him in the chest.

    KILLING WILLIS TODD BRIDGES 2010

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