'V pron refl' - Construction 5
| Name: | the overreach oneself construction |
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| Description: | A person makes excessive efforts in a negative way. |
| Verbs: | burn out, kill, overreach, overstretch, wear out |
| Example: | …but this time he had overreached himself. (BNC) |
| Membership: | action; person; extent |
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