Overdribble

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To dribble the ball excessively.

    "The series would end with Magic overdribbling the Lakers into a Game 7 defeat in Boston, where Bird’s triumph over Johnson was illuminated like a darkened Garden full of victory cigars."

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"The series would end with Magic overdribbling the Lakers into a Game 7 defeat in Boston, where Bird’s triumph over Johnson was illuminated like a darkened Garden full of victory cigars."

Etymology

From over- + dribble.

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