About The Word Overdo
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Overdo
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What's The Definition Of Overdo?
[v] do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Overdo: exaggerate Related Terms | Find terms related to Overdo: aggrandize | amplify | ballyhoo | build up | burlesque | caricature | carry to excess | carry too far | do to death | draw the longbow | exaggerate | exhaust | fatigue | go overboard | go the limit | go to extremes | go too far | go whole hog | hyperbolize | know no bounds | lay it on | magnify | make much of | overact | overburden | overcarry | overcharge | overdevelop | overdraw | overdrive | overelaborate | overemphasize | overestimate | overexercise | overexert | overexpend | overindulge | overlabor | overload | overplay | overpraise | overreach | overreact | oversell | overspeak | overspend | overstate | overstrain | overstress | overstudy | overtask | overtax | overtrain | overuse | overwork | pass all bounds | pile it on | protest too much | puff | stretch | stretch the truth | talk big | talk in superlatives | tout | travesty See Also | do | make | overleap | oversimplify Overdo In Webster's Dictionary \O`ver*do"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdid}; p. p. {Overdone}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Overdoing}.]
1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing;
to exaggerate; to carry too far.
Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
--Shak.
2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to
overdo one's strength.
3. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --Tennyson.
4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
\O`ver*do"\, v. i. To labor too hard; to do too much. |
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