overheat

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to (cause to) become hotter than necessary or wanted:

I think the engine is overheating.

It isn't healthy to overheat your house.

If an economy overheats, it grows very quickly, so that prices, etc. increase quickly.

if an economy or market overheats, it grows too quickly, causing inflation and other problems:

Excessive liquidity is causing the economy to overheat.

The property market has overheated dramatically in the past 12 months.