OVERDRIVE


Meaning of OVERDRIVE in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' ō -v ə r- ˌ dr ī v

Function: noun

Date: 1926

1 : an automotive transmission gear that transmits to the drive shaft a speed greater than engine speed

2 : a state of heightened activity <going into rhetorical overdrive >

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