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Not stop when one should
Answer for the clue "Not stop when one should ", 11 letters:
overindulge
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Word definitions for overindulge in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ It's hard not to overindulge during the holidays. ▪ Sam's parents constantly overindulge him.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To indulge to excess.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also over-indulge , 1821, from over (adv.) + indulge .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on icecream" [syn: gorge , ingurgitate , glut , englut , stuff , engorge , overgorge , overeat , gormandize , gormandise , gourmandize , binge , pig ...
Usage examples of overindulge.
I would guess you were created out of the tartest green apples which look so tasty but are dangerous to the one who dares to overindulge in enjoying them.
They would die, so the Praetor and his ilk could survive to build another empire more selfish and deceitful than the last, succession upon succession of overindulged parasites feeding on the toil of others.
In May the ninth nun should have been delivered of a child, but wasn't, because the eighth knight -- Engelhard Rabe his name -- had cut off the heads and veils not only of the ninth but also of the sixth nun, who had overindulged in cherries summer after summer, with the sword of the tenth knight, the fat one, who was sitting on a beam and gnawing the meat from the bones of a chicken behind closed visor.
They imagine this wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks after eating a prey that accepted its lot piously, or going for callisthenic runs to stay slim after overindulging.
When he found the Fleet reluctant to overindulge, he nagged the girls and the three men to “eat, drink, and be merry.
On occasion we overindulge, but never on such a grand and fulminant scale as the overindulgences of the Christians.
Forsaking others, he overindulges his egotistical ventures in the pursuit of fame and fortune, allowing evil to seduce him into reaping misery upon those he truly loves.
In addition, you need to recognize overindulging and its serious consequences.
Like a person trying to stop overeating or overindulging in alcohol, Joel began writing little daily reminders to himself, such as “no more p[rostitutes], no more k[illing].
It's no accident that it was soon after Tom stopped overindulging in pot that he was able to confront his parents.
She did give in then, sleeking a hand over his hair as she might over that of a child who had overindulged in cakes.
Delanny overindulged himself in sassy uppityness and snotty-nosed finer-than-thou-ness.