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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compulsive gambling/overeating/spending etc
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Compulsive overspending in these days of credit cards has become more common.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A woman who overeats during pregnancy can cause health problems for her child.
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Some people can overeat without putting on much weight.
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You need to watch your weight - have you been overeating?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And if we overate on any one of them then any surplus energy would end up by making us fat.
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And one night, as we groan from overeating, she offers to teach me the pleasures of a fast.
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Apart from over-sleepiness, symptoms include: lethargy, overeating, depression, social problems and loss of libido.
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For others, it might mean therapy to root out the underlying causes of overeating.
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He looked at Angelina and overate, the right side of his. face ballooned like a heavyweight squirrel.
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Most other Western countries are overeating, and the developing countries are fast catching up.
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What made people overeat , she said, was insecurity and immaturity.
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You overeat , smoke, drink, bite your nails etc.