What does Overdo mean?

Definitions for Overdo
ˌoʊ vərˈduover·do

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overdo, exaggerateverb

    do something to an excessive degree

    "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

Wiktionary

  1. overdoverb

    To do too much of something.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Overdoverb

    To do more than enough.

    Etymology: over and do.

    Any thing so over-done is from the purpose of playing; whose end is to hold the mirrour up to nature. William Shakespeare.

    Nature so intent upon finishing her work, much oftner over-does than under-does. You shall hear of twenty animals with two heads, for one that hath none. Nehemiah Grew.

    When the meat is over-done, lay the fault upon your lady who hurried you. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. Overdo

    Overdo is a surname.

ChatGPT

  1. overdo

    To overdo means to do, use, or carry out something excessive or to an extreme. This might involve pushing oneself beyond limits in a certain activity or overly exaggerating when speaking or acting. It can also refer to excessively cooking or preparing something until it's ruined.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overdo

    ō-vėr-dōō′, v.t. to do overmuch: to carry too far: to harass, to fatigue: to cook too much: to excel.—n. Overdo′er.—adj. Overdone′, overacted: fatigued: cooked too much.

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  1. do over

  2. do-over

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Overdo in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Overdo in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Overdo in a Sentence

  1. Olive Veronesi:

    I was on my last 12 cans, I have a beer every night, you know what, beer has vitamins in it, it's good for you, as long as you don't overdo it.

  2. Roger Healy:

    If you are not diversifying you are not investing — you're gambling, you can't overdo this.

  3. Jennifer Shu:

    Even though it's natural sweetness, (juice) doesn't have the same benefits as real fruit, because the fruit has fiber to be more filling, whereas juice is just easy to drink and overdo.

  4. Societe Generale Annenkov:

    It's an additional communication measure, if you don't overdo it with overly specific links to variables.

  5. Evan Ross:

    It’s impossible to keep them away because we’re with them every day, so they will be, but we’re strategic in how we do that, we don’t overdo it with them.

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