overhandle
verb
over·han·dle
ˌō-vər-ˈhan-dᵊl 
overhandled; overhandling
: to handle (something) more than is necessary or desirable
overhandled the dough so that it softened too much
… overhandles the puck at least once in each game and costs his team a key goal.—
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Cooke describes ascendant females tormenting their underlings, obstructing access to water and food, and snatching their babies away only to overhandle and then neglect the infants.
—Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
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Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022
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“Overhandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overhandle. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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