переборщить

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Russian

Etymology

Per Dal, from dialectal борщить (borščitʹ, to pour a lot to no avail), possibly from борщ (boršč, borscht)? Per Chernykh, from перебо́рка (perebórka, sorting through), through the intermediate sense "to be too picky".

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Verb

переборщи́ть (pereborščítʹpf (imperfective переба́рщивать)

  1. (colloquial) to overdo it, to go too far
    Synonym: (colloquial) переусе́рдствовать (pereusérdstvovatʹ)

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