What is "overstretching"

Usage examples of "overstretching".

They’ve warned him that he may be overstretching himself, and I wonder too, but at the foot of their copy of the letter the senior Fithian wrote: “This young lad seems a good sort.

Sort of thing you'd expect an unqualified wizard kid to be able to do without overstretching themselves?

Sort of thing you’d expect an unqualified wizard kid to be able to do without overstretching themselves?

Without overstretching my imagination, I get the impression that the great god Mars is depicted in a space or diving-suit.

But as a man of advanced years, and as a leader who had organized and carried out countless missions, he also knew that overstretching his logistical lines, even if they were his own personal ones, could lead to disaster for the overall mission.

I stopped worrying that he was overstretching himself in buying the colt and a half-share in Blue Clancy.