overborrow

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ borrow.

Verb

overborrow (third-person singular simple present overborrows, present participle overborrowing, simple past and past participle overborrowed)

  1. To borrow too much money.
    • 2007 December 20, “The Fed's Empty Gun”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      I feel that Americans overborrow and overconsume.
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