"overpursue" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From over- + pursue.",
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          "ref": "2007 December 23, Thayer Evans, “Diminutive Tailback Is a Giant in Scoring”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Sometimes running to the football, you're going to overpursue, and he may break it all the way out back out the back door.",
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        "To pursue too far."
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        "(transitive) To pursue too far."
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          "word": "overpursuit"
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  "etymology_text": "From over- + pursue.",
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    {
      "form": "overpursues",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "overpursuing",
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "overpursued",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "overpursued",
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        "To pursue too far."
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        "(transitive) To pursue too far."
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