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Definition of Overdo
1. Verb. Do something to an excessive degree. "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
Specialized synonyms: Overpraise, Oversimplify, Overleap
Generic synonyms: Do, Make
Derivative terms: Exaggeration
Definition of Overdo
1. v. t. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
2. v. i. To labor too hard; to do too much.
Definition of Overdo
1. Verb. To do too much of something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overdo
1. to do to excess [v -DID, -DONE, -DOING, -DOES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdo
Literary usage of Overdo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... archdeacon of Liege, with the most of the Italians), left Basel and went overdo
the party of Eugenius. The archbishop of Aries, Cardinal Louis Allemand, ..."
2. The Works of Ben. Jonson by Ben Jonson, Peter Whalley (1756)
"Buf. Let it go on; for I am changed, and will become a beholder with you ! Juf.
Stay, now do I forbid; I am Adam overdo! fit ..."
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