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Meaning of overtry | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

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

transitive

Examples

““It would appear to me that the case is being overtried by the district attorney’s office,” said Benjamin Brafman, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

overtrying overtumble overtumbled overtumbles overtumbling overtune