Definitions
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- v. Present participle of overreact.
Etymologies
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Examples
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If you feel like someone telling you to stop overreacting is "patronizing", then maybe you shouldn't overreact.
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To state that someone telling me that I'm overreacting is patronizing is to apparently overreact.
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Once again the people in charge prove that overreacting is worse than the problem.
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There is a risk, however, in overreacting to this single exit-poll question.
USATODAY.com - Presidential election may have hinged on one issue: Issue 1
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"If you feel like someone telling you to stop overreacting is “patronizing”, then maybe you shouldn’t overreact."
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You say, quite a bit upthread: "If you feel like someone telling you to stop overreacting is “patronizing”, then maybe you shouldn’t overreact."
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"It's OK if it can be described as overreacting," Gazmin said.
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News Leader editorial applauded Obama for not overreacting, which is well and good, but in the comment section, I took mild exception to their criticism of Republican leaders:
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I've never seen "overreacting" used positively before, I don't think.
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He insisted his colleagues were "overreacting" and even attempted to shift the blame to them.
AlaskaDispatch.com: Alaska's Joe Miller: 'I was an ass. I was beyond stupid'
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