overdo
/ˌoʊvɚˈdu/ verb B2- To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far. · I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.
- To cook for too long. · to overdo the meat
- To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something). · to overdo one’s strength
He/she/it overdoes · Past overdid · Past participle overdone · -ing form overdoing
Verb forms
- Base form
- overdo
- He/she/it
- overdoes
- Past
- overdid
- Past participle
- overdone
- -ing form
- overdoing
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Now, a real German invariably prints in the Latin character, so that we may safely say that this was not written by one, but by a clumsy imitator who overdid his part.
But somehow--I don’t know how it is but when Anne and them are together, though she ain’t half as handsome, she makes them look kind of common and overdone--something like them white June lilies she calls narcissus alongside of the big, red peonies, that’s what.”
Oh, I’m not going to overdo things.
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