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Meaning of overswim | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To swim too fast or too strenuously.
    transitive
  2. To flood or inundate.
    archaic, poetic, transitive

Examples

“This is particularly true in the 100-meter race, where the temptation to overswim the first 50 meters can be strong. The desire to take it out fast can backfire when the swimmers goes into a vertical body position in the final 10 meters.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

overswimming overswims overswing overswinging overswings overswirl

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