over-celebrate

over-celebrate

English

Verb

over-celebrate (third-person singular simple present over-celebrates, present participle over-celebrating, simple past and past participle over-celebrated)

1. Alternative form of overcelebrate
   1. To party too hard.
      • 2005, Carole I. Hardeway, Chasing the Moon - the Preparation, Volume One, →ISBN, page 4:

        He DID drink on his off days, however, and since the diner had been closed for three days over the New Year's weekend, Tony had “over-celebrated” and was too hung over to come in.

      • 2010, Leo Bruce, Case with 4 Clowns: A Sergeant Beef Mystery, →ISBN, page 132:

        Beef looked at me owlishly, and I thought for a moment that he, too, had over-celebrated.

      • 2010, Andrew Chia, Double Your Money, →ISBN:

        We over-budgeted, overspent, over-celebrated, over-enjoyed and over-entertained our customers.

   2. To treat as more significant than is deserved.
      • 1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table: Every Man His Own Boswell:

        These last two have perhaps been over-celebrated.

      • 2012, Irwin Altman & ‎Erwin H. Zube, Public Places and Spaces, →ISBN, page 16:

        J. B. Jackson (1985) continues to point out the peculiar quirk in our national character that causes us to over-celebrate individuality, and to thus minimize the role played by cities, towns, and work communities in the formation of American character, life, and landscape.

      • 2014, Joanie B. Connell, Flying without a Helicopter, →ISBN, page 49:

        Another important lesson is to not over-celebrate wins.