verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Overreacting with shock when a child uses a swear word is likely to make him use it again.
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Don't you think you're overreacting a little? I'm only ten minutes late.
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Don't you think you're overreacting? I only said "hi". It's not as if we're having an affair!
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I think people have overreacted to the advertisement - we didn't intend of offend anyone.
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Some analysts believe the bank overreacted, and that interest rates did not really need to rise.
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Some residents overreact to the problem of crime by just not going out at all.
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The state has dramatically overreacted to the use of soft drugs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Afterward, the band manager was quoted as saying that anyone who objected was overreacting.
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And he tended to overreact to any problems.
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As a result, it will be important that the United States not overreact to inevitable demonstrations and protests.
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I also find it quite interesting that the National Rivers Authority are urging people not to overreact to the problem.
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It means that when we are irritable, tired, worried, or in pain we may overreact .
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No source of trouble now need be permanent unless you make it so by overreacting to it.
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Patrick had been accused of overreacting the previous day.
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They will not need to overreact with despair or anger.