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- verb transitive To
prepare excessively; to makeready more than is necessary for aspecific future purpose.
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Examples
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Red Raiders coach Tommy Tuberville indicated his team will not "overprepare" and change its strategy to take advantage of NU's recently porous run defense.
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Red Raiders coach Tommy Tuberville indicated his team will not "overprepare" and change its strategy to take advantage of NU's recently porous run defense.
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But with both types of events, "I tend to overprepare," says Mr. Peral.
Pop Goes the Party (Punk, Too) Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2011
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I'm also drawing on Boice's research that beginning profs overprepare like mad.
Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2010
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The trick was to overprepare and then not let anyone else know that she was anything other than ten feet tall and bulletproof.
TRIAL BY FIRE J.A. JANCE 2009
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I was really excited and getting geared up for a new project, but as sometimes happens, I “overprepare” and the whole thing suddenly seems overwhelming and then I back way off to regain perspective.
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I try to make everything as interactive as possible, to encourage "problem-based" learning, and to overprepare everything.
Archive 2007-07-01 StyleyGeek 2007
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I find that sometimes I overprepare and then I perform even worse than I would have with a normal amount of preparation.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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I find that sometimes I overprepare and then I perform even worse than I would have with a normal amount of preparation.
Preparations 2005
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I try to make everything as interactive as possible, to encourage "problem-based" learning, and to overprepare everything.
The joke's on me StyleyGeek 2007
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