Overpreach

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To preach excessively. ambitransitive

    "Galbraith once wrote, not without irony, that moralists tend to exaggerate the blessings of poverty and overpreach the dangers inherent in wealth."

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"Galbraith once wrote, not without irony, that moralists tend to exaggerate the blessings of poverty and overpreach the dangers inherent in wealth."

Etymology

From over- + preach.

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