overheat
v.to become too hot, especially for a machine or a person. It can also describe an economy that grows too fast and becomes unstable.
v.to become excessively hot, typically leading to a malfunction or health risk. In an economic context, it refers to a period of rapid growth that eventually leads to a correction or crash.
“The computer will overheat if you leave it in the sun.”
“Economists warned that the housing market was beginning to overheat as prices rose faster than wages.”
“While the initial surge in consumer spending was welcomed, the central bank feared the economy was overheating, leading to a rapid increase in inflation that would require an emergency interest rate hike.”
“More typically, it’s been a beacon for the half-collapsed, exhausted and overheated hikers trudging down the Grand Canyon for more than a century.”