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(oʊvəʳduː)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense overdoes, present participle overdoing, past tense overdid, past participle overdone
1. verb
If someone overdoes something, they behave in an exaggerated or extreme way.
As with details, it's possible to overdo dialogue. [VERB noun]
Some planning is required, but let's not overdo it. [VERB it]
2. verb
If you overdo an activity, you try to do more than you can physically manage.
It is important never to overdo new exercises. [VERB noun]
Doctors are worried she's overdoing it. She needs to take some time off. [VERB it]
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overdo in British English

(ˌəʊvəˈduː)
verbWord forms: -does, -doing, -did or -done (transitive)
1. 
to take or carry too far; do to excess
2. 
to exaggerate, overelaborate, or overplay
3. 
to cook or bake too long
4.  overdo it

overdo in American English

(ˌoʊvərˈdu)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌoverˈdid, ˌoverˈdone, ˌoverˈdoing
1. 
to do too much, or to excess
2. 
to spoil the effect of by exaggeration
to overdo an apology
3. 
to cook too long; overcook
4. 
to overwork; exhaust; tire
verb intransitive
5. 
to do too much; esp., to exhaust oneself by doing too much

Examples of 'overdo' in a sentence
overdo

This always looked overdone, and as it happened the amount of appetite from retailers for space seems to have been largely unaffected.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Those fears may or may not be overdone.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We did not want to overdo the thing and get a surfeit of it.
Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat (1889)
This unwind in confidence looks a touch overdone.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They may have overdone their own reaction.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We also tend to overdo things on holiday.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The fibres in the gel will thicken your brows without them looking overdone.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is quite possible that some schools may be overdoing the rote learning.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Then he found he had overdone things and had to slim down.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But the warnings of disaster look overdone.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
If you overdo it you may still wake with a parched tongue.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Only in the final moment of mother and son parting are things slightly overdone.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But talk of a grand exodus looks overdone.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is important not to overdo things.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
That might be overdoing things a bit, but the film deserves to remain popular.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's a bit overdone at this stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
But we have to admit that we've overdone it a bit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But the housebuilder sell-off does look a bit overdone.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
On reflection, the flask may have been overdoing it.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But aren't all the fears actually a bit overdone?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But study the companies making up the index and the scale of the sell-off looks overdone.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
overdo

British English: overdo VERB
If someone overdoes something, they behave in an exaggerated or extreme way.
The extent of the rise might indicate that it had been overdone.
  • American English: overdo
  • Brazilian Portuguese: exagerar
  • Chinese: 把…做得过头
  • European Spanish: exagerar
  • French: exagérer
  • German: übertreiben
  • Italian: esagerare
  • Japanese: 度を越す
  • Korean: 과도하게 하다
  • European Portuguese: exagerar
  • Latin American Spanish: exagerar

Chinese translation of 'overdo'

overdo

(əuvəˈduː)
Word forms:pt overdid
Word forms:pp overdone

vt

  1. (= take to extremes)
    1. [exercise] 做得过(過)多 (zuò de guò duō)
    2. [whisky, beer, eating] 过(過)度饮(飲)食 (guòdù yǐnshí)
    3. [praise] 过(過)度使用 (guòdù shǐyòng)
  2. (= overcook) 煮得过(過)久 (zhǔ de guò jiǔ)
    to overdo it (inf, = overtax oneself) 工作过(過)度 (gōngzuò guòdù) (= exaggerate) 夸(誇)张(張) (kuāzhāng)
(verb) 
Definition
to exaggerate (something)
He overdid his usually quite funny vitriol.
Synonyms
exaggerate
He tends to exaggerate the importance of his job.
overstate
The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
overuse
overplay
do to death (informal)
belabour
carry or take too far
make a production (out) of (informal)
lay (something) on thick (informal)
Opposites
play down
,
minimize
,
understate
,
underplay
,
underuse

idiom

See overdo it

Additional synonyms

in the sense of overstate
Definition
to state (something) too strongly
The importance of health education cannot be overstated.
Synonyms
exaggerate,
overdo,
overestimate,
overemphasize,
emphasize too much,
hyperbolize

Nearby words of
overdo

  • overconfident
  • overcritical
  • overcrowded
  • overdo
  • overdo it
  • overdone
  • overdue

Related terms of
overdo

  • overdo it

Synonyms of 'overdo'

overdo

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