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o·ver·do  (vr-d)

v. o·ver·did (-dd), o·ver·done (-dn), o·ver·do·ing, o·ver·does (-dz)

v.tr.

1.

a. To do, use, or stress to excess; carry (something) too far: overdid the diet and became malnourished.

b. To exaggerate: overdid the compliments.

2. To wear out the strength of; overtax.

3. To cook (food) too long.

v.intr.

To do too much; go to extremes: We always overdo at Christmas.

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over·doer n.

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overdo [ˌəʊvəˈduː]

vb -does, -doing, -did, -done (tr)

1. to take or carry too far; do to excess

2. to exaggerate, overelaborate, or overplay

3. to cook or bake too long

overdo it or things to overtax one's strength, capacity, etc.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

overdo - do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups" exaggerate overpraise - praise excessively do, make - engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" oversimplify - simplify to an excessive degree; "Don't oversimplify the problem" overleap - defeat (oneself) by going too far

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overdo

verb

1. exaggerate, overstate, overuse, overplay, do to death (informal), belabour, carry or take too far, make a production (out) of (informal), lay (something) on thick (informal) He overdid his usually quite funny vitriol.
exaggerate play down, minimize, understate, underplay, underuse

overdo it

2. overwork, go too far, go overboard, strain or overstrain yourself, burn the midnight oil, burn the candle at both ends (informal), wear yourself out, bite off more than you can chew, have too many irons in the fire, overtire yourself, drive yourself too far, overburden yourself, overload yourself, overtax your strength, work your fingers to the bone, practice presenteeism When you start your running programme, don't be tempted to overdo it.

3. drink or eat too much, go overboard (informal), pig out (slang), live it up (informal), go to extremes, overindulge, have a binge (informal), not know when to stop, make a pig of yourself (informal), go on the piss (taboo slang), be immoderate or intemperate A drink or two is fine but don't overdo it.

Translations

overdo [ˌəʊvəˈduː] (overdid (pt)) [ˌəʊvəˈdɪd] (overdone (pp)) VT

1. (= exaggerate) → exagerar; (= use to excess) → pasarse con
I overdid the garlic → me he pasado con el ajo, se me ha ido la mano con el ajo
don't overdo the smoking → no fumes demasiado
she rather overdoes the scent → tiende a ponerse demasiado perfume
to overdo it or things (= work too hard) → trabajar demasiado; (= exaggerate) → exagerar; (in description, sentiment etc) → cargar las tintas

2. (= cook too long) → cocer demasiado, recocer

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overdo [ˌəʊvə^rˈduː] [overdid] (pt) [overdone] (pp) vt

(= do too much of) [+ drinking, eating] → trop forcer sur
He overdid the eating at Christmas → Il a trop forcé sur la nourriture à Noël.
to overdo the whisky → trop forcer sur le whisky
to overdo the drinking → trop forcer sur la boisson
to overdo it, to overdo things (= work too hard) → en faire trop

(= exaggerate) → forcer
He had to be careful not to overdo the praise → Il devait faire attention à ne pas forcer le compliment.
Don't overdo it! → N'en fais pas trop!

(= overcook) → trop cuire

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overdo pret <overdid> ptp <overdone>

vt

(= exaggerate) → übertreiben; you are overdoing it or things (= going too far) → Sie übertreiben, Sie gehen zu weit; (= tiring yourself) → Sie übernehmen or überlasten sich; don’t overdo the drink/sympathy → übertreibe es nicht mit dem Trinken/Mitleid; she rather overdid the loving wife (bit) (inf) → sie hat die liebevolle Ehefrau etwas zu dick aufgetragen; gin? — please, but don’t overdo the tonic → Gin? — ja bitte, aber nicht zu viel Tonic; I’m afraid you’ve rather overdone it with the garlic → ich fürchte, du hast es mit dem Knoblauch etwas zu gut gemeint

(= cook too long) → verbraten; (= boil too long) → verkochen

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overdo [ˌəʊvəˈduː] (overdid (pt)) [ˌəʊvəˈdɪd] (overdone (pp)) vt

a. (exaggerate) → esagerare
don't overdo these exercises → cerca di non strafare con questi esercizi (di ginnastica)
to overdo it or things (work too hard) → lavorare troppo (convalescent) → affaticarsi troppo

b. (cook too long) → (far) cuocere troppo

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overdo

v overdo [əuvəˈduː]

1 to do, say (something) in an exaggerated way etc They overdid the sympathy. oordoen, oordryf يُفْرِط، يُبالِغ прекалявам přehánět overdrive übertreiben παρακάνω, υπερβάλλω exagerar, pasarse con liialdama زیاده روی کردن liioitella exagérer לְהַגזִים अति कर देना pretjerati eltúloz membesar-besarkan ofgera esagerare やりすぎる …을 과장하다 perdėti, persistengti pārspīlēt berlebih-lebihan overdrijven overdrive przesadzić, przetrzymać exagerar a exagera переборщить preháňať pretiravati preterati överdriva ทำมากเกินไป abartmak 做得過度 перебільшувати مبالغہ کرنا hành động thái quá 做得过度

2 to cook for too long The meat was rather overdone. doodkook, te gaar kook/maak مُطْبوخ بصورةٍ زائِده، مُسْتَوٍ прегарям převařit tilberedt for længe zu lange kochen/braten παραψήνω cocer/asar demasiado üle küpsetama زیادی پختن ylikypsä trop cuire לְבַשֵׁל יוֹתֶר מִדָי ज्यादा पका देना prekuhan, prepečen túlsüt, -főz memasak terlalu lama ofsjóða/-steikja cuocere troppo, far scuocere 煮すぎる 너무 익히다 perkepinti pārcept; pārvārīt terlalu lama te gaar koken koke/steke for mye gotować za długo cozinhar demais a prăji/a coace prea mult переваривать;пережаривать prevariť predolgo kuhati prekuvati steka (koka) för länge ทำมากเกินไป fazla pişirmek 把...煮得太久 пересмажувати زيادہ دير تک پکا دينا nấu quá nhừ 把...煮得太久