0 to react in a way that is more extreme than you should -- слишком остро реагировать, принимать близко к сердцу
I think that on occasions one side or the other has perhaps overreacted.
The police did not overreact in circumstances that would have led to fatality.
So it is not surprising that the public and, to some extent, farmers and landowners have overreacted.
We are all keenly aware of that fact, but let us be careful we do not overreact.
The solutions, however, appear less straightforward, so let us keep level-headed and find the right solution, being careful not to overreact with serious consequences.
We must not be complacent, but nor must we overreact.
It is important that we do not overreact.
The danger is that we have become over-cautious by overreacting to the mistake made in 1964.
