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English
Etymology
From over- + claim.
Verb
overclaim (third-person singular simple present overclaims, present participle overclaiming, simple past and past participle overclaimed)
- (transitive) To claim too much.
2023 February 8, Paul Stephen with Howard Smith, “Elizabeth Line: "It's not job done yet"”, in RAIL, number 976, page 35:Smith says: "Performance has not been perfect, and I've been around long enough to not take things for granted or to overclaim. But we're up to 96%-97% PPM [Public Performance Measure] and a very high proportion of that is absolutely 100% on time.
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