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  • verb Simple past of overspeak.

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Examples

  • backed off his comments earlier this week, saying he "overspoke," but it was too late.

    Crooks and Liars David 2011

  • “You overspoke before,” he said with faint reproof.

    Stone and Anvil Peter David 2003

  • I didn't -- the last word is dropped because he overspoke you.

    CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2002 2002

  • UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The last words of your answer dropped because he overspoke you.

    CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2002 2002

  • Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva found the metaphor too good to pass up -- threatening to throw his slipper at Venezuela's Hugo Chavez if he overspoke his podium time.

    FP Passport 2009

  • The outspoken Grassely later said he overspoke and then denounced companies sucking on the "tit of the taxpayer."

    The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Danny Schechter 2009

  • Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva found the metaphor too good to pass up -- threatening to throw his slipper at Venezuela's Hugo Chavez if he overspoke his podium time.

    FP Passport 2009

  • Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva found the metaphor too good to pass up -- threatening to throw his slipper at Venezuela's Hugo Chavez if he overspoke his podium time.

    FP Passport 2009

  • Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva found the metaphor too good to pass up -- threatening to throw his slipper at Venezuela's Hugo Chavez if he overspoke his podium time.

    FP Passport 2009

  • Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva found the metaphor too good to pass up -- threatening to throw his slipper at Venezuela's Hugo Chavez if he overspoke his podium time.

    FP Passport 2009

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