overaccelerate

English

Etymology

over- + accelerate

Verb

overaccelerate (third-person singular simple present overaccelerates, present participle overaccelerating, simple past and past participle overaccelerated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To accelerate too much.
    • 2009 June 28, Peggy Orenstein, “The Overextended Family”, in New York Times:
      At the same time, all that virtual togetherness may overaccelerate a courtship.
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