OVERDO


Meaning of OVERDO in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

think

He thinks that he probably overdid it in the gym tonight.

He apparently thought the Corinthians were overdoing it.

I guess I was eating too much, but I didn't think I was overdoing it.

I will try to simplify the argument - and give my apologies to those who think I have overdone it.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Don't overdo the praise. She wasn't that good.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Autumnal eyes are bold, obvious, slightly overdone, in deep, dark colors.

Big and bold or overdone, take your pick.

He thinks that he probably overdid it in the gym tonight.

Most colors are still around, but perhaps not in the combinations that were overdone in the recent past.

Most media release paper is designed to attract attention and if this is not overdone it is a sensible idea.

The big firms reckon that this pessimism is overdone.

There is now practically no danger, as there once was, of players overdoing vibrato.

This line is so overdone it sounds completely insincere.

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