overclaim

English

Etymology

over- +‎ claim

Verb

overclaim (third-person singular simple present overclaims, present participle overclaiming, simple past and past participle overclaimed)

1. (transitive) To claim too much.
   • 2023 February 8, Paul Stephen with Howard Smith, “Elizabeth Line: "It's not job done yet"”, in RAIL, number 976, page 35:

     Smith says: "Performance has not been perfect, and I've been around long enough to not take things for granted or to overclaim. But we're up to 96%-97% PPM [Public Performance Measure] and a very high proportion of that is absolutely 100% on time.

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