Crossword clues for overdoing
overdoing
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of overdo English)
Usage examples of "overdoing".
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.