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overbook
verb over·book \ˌō-vər-ˈbu̇k\
: to allow too many people to buy tickets or to reserve seats, tables, rooms, etc.
Full Definition of OVERBOOK
transitive verb
: to issue reservations for (as an airplane flight) in excess of the space available
intransitive verb
: to issue reservations in excess of the space available
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First Known Use of OVERBOOK
1903
Rhymes with OVERBOOK
Beaverbrook, bring to book, buttonhook, cock a snook, comic book, copybook, donnybrook, gerenuk, grappling hook, inglenook, in one's book, Leeuwenhoek, off the hook, overlook, picture book, pocketbook, pressure-cook, pruning hook, Sandy Hook, service book, statute book, storybook, talking book, tenterhook, Volapük
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