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Give less than one's all
Answer for the clue "Give less than one's all ", 7 letters:
underdo
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Word definitions for underdo in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underdo \Un`der*do"\, v. i. To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo. --Grew.
Usage examples of underdo.
The turkey was always tough and stringy, the stuffing dry and mealy, the string beans underdone and a brilliant baking-soda green, the sweet potatoes too sweet and sticky with Karo.
Vanya dined alone, and so preoccupied was the Bishop that he might have been eating sausages along with his Field Catalysts instead of the delicacies of peacocks tongue and lizards tail which he barely tasted and never noticed were underdone.
Niall carved himself some underdone roast beef from a joint, and poured a cup of papaya juice.
Codlin’s usual deportment, it was that he rather underdid his kindness to those about him, than overdid it.
The laka were a steady, quiet people, each committed to that which she did best, never overstepping boundaries or underdoing what must be done.