overswim

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.”

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