Meaning

1 senses

  1. To spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).

Origin

From over- + try.

From over- + try.

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Forms

overtries, overtrying, overtried, overtried
Base formovertry · to overtry
3rd person singularovertries
Present participleovertrying
Past simpleovertried
Past participleovertried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyovertry
he, she, itovertries

Past simpleLesson

all personsovertried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overtried
he, she, ithas overtried

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overtry

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overtimeB2overtlyovertrainovertureoverturnB2
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