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noun
Rock or earth excavated beyond the planned extent; caving in of material near the edge of an excavation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: civil-engineering, engineering, geography, geology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To cave in near the edge of an excavation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To get over; recover from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, transitive
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History
From Middle English *overbreken, from Old English oferbrecan (“to transgress, violate”), equivalent to over- + break.
