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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overcommit .
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Examples
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Before Obama overcommits the US both financially and militarily, he needs to find some competent advisors.
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CARL LEVIN (D), MICHIGAN: I think his -- some of his rhetoric overcommits us to that war.
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LEVIN: I think his -- some of his rhetoric overcommits us to that war.
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The thing is by doing that you create a lot of space for yourselves if the team overcommits sometimes and overreacts.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Before Obama overcommits the US both financially and militarily, he needs to find some competent advisors.
CounterPunch 2009
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