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OVERDO (overdid, overdone)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: overdid  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, overdone  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does overdo mean? 

OVERDO (verb)
  The verb OVERDO has 1 sense:

1. do something to an excessive degreeplay

  Familiarity information: OVERDO used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERDO (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they overdo  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it overdoes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: overdid  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: overdone  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: overdoing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Do something to an excessive degree

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

exaggerate; overdo

Context example:

He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups

Hypernyms (to "overdo" is one way to...):

do; make (engage in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overdo"):

overpraise (praise excessively)

oversimplify (simplify to an excessive degree)

overleap (defeat (oneself) by going too far)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


 Context examples 


Sometimes you can strain your neck muscles from sleeping in an awkward position or overdoing it during exercise.

(Neck Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

Besides, the lad was in training, and the other would burst like an overdone potato if he were hit.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We thought Hannah was overdoing the authority business, and your mother ought to know.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Since the sixth house also rules health, if you plan to join the gym after a long absence, make sure you don’t overdo on this day or other days close to it.  

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

But his voice was just a little too coaxing. He overdid it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I should be afraid she might overdo, if I didn't know her 'moral fit' wouldn't last long.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

If you are turning to the gym, don’t overdo things—another reason to go to the doctor to know your advisable limits and pacing.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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