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- verb transitive To
swing too far. - noun An excessive
swing
Etymologies
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Examples
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I think a hard 20 percent down requirement may be an overswing of the pendulum.
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The manager recognized that Mays was pressing, so he urged him to relax, to not overswing, to not worry about home runs; just make contact.
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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And I am AB, but I get rather excited and overswing and miss the birdie...a lot.
Wheelchairs: why do they make SUCH a difference? Elizabeth McClung 2008
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"Facing (Joel) Zumaya, you want to make sure you don't try to overswing," Eckstein told the Associated Press.
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Butch Harmon, the former coach of Tiger Woods recently taught Phil Mickelson that the way to keep his head still on the backswing and cure his overswing was to keep his right knee firm and flexed on the backswing instead of straightening it out.
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I didn't overswing and I didn't try to hit it too hard.
USATODAY.com 2003
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Once in awhile he'll tell me to calm down, tell me, 'Don't overswing.'
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"We didn't try to overswing and hit the ball out of the ballpark."
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The main focus: staying balanced and trying not to overswing.
latimes.com - News 2011
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You've got to tell yourself don't overswing, nice and easy and take it the other way.
The Seattle Times 2011
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