overboom

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English

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ boom.

Verb

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overboom (third-person singular simple present overbooms, present participle overbooming, simple past and past participle overboomed)

  1. (transitive) To grow or progress too quickly, resulting in the crash of (something).
    • 1909, Malton-Colony: Sacramento Valley California, page 5:
      Its various resources are so vast that there is no possibility of overbooming the country. There is now a limitless demand for people of at least average intelligence and industry and with some money with which to get a fair start.
    • 1921, Leather & Shoes, volume 62, page 75:
      There is always a possibility that too much competition will result in overbooming the market, and result in a break, which will set things down for a time.
    • 1956, Steel, volume 138, page 102:
      Are we in danger of overbooming the boom? There are good reasons to believe that we are making good progress toward depression-proofing the economy.