[
US
/ˈoʊvɝˈdu/
]
[ UK /ˌəʊvədˈuː/ ]
[ UK /ˌəʊvədˈuː/ ]
VERB
-
do something to an excessive degree
He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups
How To Use overdo In A Sentence
- I've been overdoing things a bit recently. I really need a holiday.
- Therefore, in the case of acute overdose, gastric lavage or induced emesis should be utilized to remove unabsorbed lithium.
- The acting was hammy, the jokes were forced, and the entire thing came across like a high school play - actors overdoing everything in cringe-worthy performances.
- Use illustrations where appropriate but don't overdo it.
- Someone had slipped a massive overdose of chloral hydrate into the bottle. SKORPION'S DEATH
- Preliminary analysis: death from overdose of coldsleep drugs, combined with oxygen starvation and dehydration when cocoon failed to properly deploy. The City Who Fought
- It was a broken economy, rampant inflation, ineffective industry, overdominant trade unions and high taxes. The Sun
- Potential lethal cardiac arrhythmias and convulsions are recognised complications of both iatrogenic and self inflicted overdoses.
- Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose .
- It's better to underdo the quantity than overdo it. Times, Sunday Times