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overhang

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of OVERHANG

1
to extend outward beyond a usual point <the narrow streets of the old European city are lined with row houses often having overhanging second stories>
2
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on <a cancer patient who refuses to put his life on hold even though the constant threat of death has been overhanging him for several years>
Synonyms hang (over), hover (over), impend (over), menace, overhang

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