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Definition of Overdoes
1. overdo [v] - See also: overdo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdoes
Literary usage of Overdoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Contemporary Literature by Stuart Pratt Sherman (1917)
"This is Mr. Meredith's great fault—he overdoes his cleverness. ... Furthermore,
to say that he " overdoes his cleverness " is to suggest that he consciously ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"This is something like vigour, and yet I think he overdoes it a little. ...
Just before the entry into Toulouse, we read the Whether he " overdoes it" or ..."
3. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"Another objection is that Freud overdoes the Unconscious; ... Another very serious
objection to Freud is that he overdoes the sex motive or " libido ". ..."
4. Social Work: Essays on the Meeting-ground of Doctor and Social Worker by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"Because nature overdoes the thing every now and then. Nature is first enormously
wise ... But nature overdoes the thing. The knee ought to be kept quiet, ..."
5. A Text-book of legal medicine by Frank Winthrop Draper (1905)
"The reason for this is clear; it means a determination on the part of the murderer
to accomplish his work with certainty. He overdoes his work; ..."
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