Crossword clues for overdo
overdo
- Act the ham
- Go to extremes
- Fail at moderation
- Bite off too much?
- Beat a dead horse
- Exert to excess
- Carry to extremes
- Be excessive, with "it"
- Take to extremes
- Lay on too thick
- Indulge to excess
- Go too far (with "it")
- Go to an extreme
- Engage in to excess
- Burn, say
- Burn, perhaps
- Strain one's muscles
- Run too far or lift too much
- Run into the ground
- Risk burnout, maybe
- Put yourself out
- Perform to excess
- Lay on much too thick
- Indulge excessively in
- Go too far on
- Go to excess
- Exercise too much, say
- Carry on too far
- Beat into the ground
- Be immoderate with
- 2 X big hair = 1 ---
- "Don't ___ it" (caution about strenuous activity)
- "Don't ___ it"
- Go too far, with "it"
- Exaggerate
- Not moderate
- Be intemperate
- Belabor, say
- Carry too far
- Work too hard
- Not stop until it's too late
- Cook too long
- Gild the lily, e.g
- Take too far
- Go to extremes with
- Lay on thick
- Strain the body too much
- Go too far with
- Carry to excess
- Not practice moderation
- Expend too much effort
- Exceed the limits
- Carry things too far
- Germany, overwhelmed by seven balls, go too far
- Cook too much, having finished party?
- Cook too much, party having finished earlier
- Cook too much
- Exert excessively
- Exaggerate; use too much of
- Exaggerate, having finished act
- Exaggerate what lover doubtfully admits
- Spoil Rover (dog) endlessly
- Loves entertaining composer, not one to dramatise
- Use too much of
- Unload too late from steamer moored in Dover docks
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. t. [imp. Overdid; p. p. Overdone; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdoing.]
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To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing.
--Shak. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.
To surpass; to excel. [R.]
--Tennyson.To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
Overdo \O`ver*do"\, v. i. To labor too hard; to do too much.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English oferdon "to do too much," from ofer (see over) + don (see do (v.)). Common Germanic (for example Old High German ubartuan). Meaning "to overtax, exhaust" (especially in phrase to overdo it) is attested from 1817. Of food, "to cook too long," first recorded 1680s (in past participle adjective overdone).
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. 2 To overtask or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust. 3 To surpass; to excel. 4 To cook too much.
WordNet
v. do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 push-ups" [syn: exaggerate]
Wikipedia
Overdo may refer to:
- Adam Overdo of Bartholomew Fayre: A Comedy
- Robert Overdo (fl.1368-1386), MP for Appleby-in-Westmorland
- Robert Overdo (fl.1402), MP for Appleby-in-Westmorland
- John Overdo, MP for Appleby-in-Westmorland
Usage examples of "overdo".
Her own clothes she wore hidden underneath that lot, though she had taken care not to overdo the padding.
Cardozo said, and lifted the remnants of a bale of cloth with a gesture of exuberance, but he overdid it and the end of the bale knocked a glass of coffee over, spilling the foaming liquid into the tin till which de Gier was about to close, having counted its contents.
I told her she was overdoing it: she smelled like the perfume room in Harrods.
Her head buried against his chest, she tried to mentally explain to her heart that two hundred beats a minute was probably overdoing it, when Tim put her back on her feet, held her loosely locked inside his arms.
I had seen her she had been clad in a thin layer of transparent soap bubbles I thought that this was overdoing it a little.
Father Gennady was hard of hearing and always demanded that prayers should be read loudly and clearly, but even he thought the monitor was overdoing it that day.
She knew he was not feeling well, but she could not help thinking that he was overdoing it a bit.
It gained Fritz Leiber a Hugo as the best science-fiction novel of 1958 and catapulted him right back into the limelight, but then he decided that satire was being overdone and he would try farce.
The escapism was overdone, but it was largely accomplished in concert with other children, with Bloch showing signs of leadership.
Even overdone, most of the breakfast was good, but he hated eating the prickle slices.
Mary Catherine thought it a bit overdone if it meant that she must make the trip alone with Con.
The cheese was overdone, almost black instead of a rich golden brown, the edges curled and dry.
He or his dentist had obviously overdone the bleach job, and his artificially tanned face only made his teeth more prominent.
It was a tactic Eurocops often employed against Yanks, that overdone, unfamiliar politesse, but she had faced it before, rather enjoyed the brittle game of it.
It looked trashily overdone under the harsh fluorescent lighting, but features tended to disappear beneath the stage lights in ordinary street makeup.