Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To react with unnecessary or inappropriate force, emotional display, or violence.
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- verb To
react too much or toointensely .
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- verb show an exaggerated response to something
Etymologies
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Examples
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Update -- The paper's use of the word overreact appears to have been misleading.
Josh Nelson: GOP Can't Decide How to Attack Obama Over Oil Spill Response
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Sooooo "the girl" ends up doing them, and she gets cast into the role of the mother/nag for caring about housework, while he's the cool guy who doesn't "overreact" and also doesn't have to do the housework, and he can just say she should lighten up.
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Sooooo "the girl" ends up doing them, and she gets cast into the role of the mother/nag for caring about housework, while he's the cool guy who doesn't "overreact" and also doesn't have to do the housework, and he can just say she should lighten up.
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Yes, it's possible to hold these views and still behave rashly, or "overreact," as I now firmly believe Gates did.
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Nordea doesn't want to "overreact" and risk losing market share by scaling back lending and closing branches, as some rivals have done, Mr. Clausen said in a conference call.
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Death or injury by rocket in Ashkelon, Ashdod, and other towns in southern Israel is bad, but - hey - not something to "overreact" to.
Dear Israel: There will be no "war to the bitter end" in the Holy Land - only bitter war
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It could be that we'll all be very, very sorry the next time the police don't "overreact" for fear of bad publicity and complaints.
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And I don't believe it's right for the Democrats to kind of overreact to the last election.
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WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Warren Christopher urged Congress and the American people not to "overreact" to setbacks in Haiti,
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MPC's Adam Posen tells Bank of England not to 'overreact' to high inflation
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
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