Definition of "overstretch" []

• To stretch excessively; overstrain. (verb-transitive)
• To stretch or extend over. (verb-transitive)
• To stretch one's body or muscles to the point of strain or injury. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The EFCC had also begged the court to send them to prison custody till the time the ruling would be delivered owing to what it called overstretch of its detention facilities."
• "Its army is in overstretch, with some tales of poor morale floating about."
• "We get a few ritual whimpers about "overstretch" and then Liam crawls back in his box."