overdo (redirected from overdoing it)

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

Verb

[-doing, -did, -done]

1. to do (something) to excess

2. to exaggerate (something)

3. to cook (something) too long

4. overdo it or things to something to a greater degree than is advisable or healthy

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 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) << OPPOSITE minimize overdo it 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

Translations

overdo [əuvəˈduː] vt (irreg like do) → exagerar (= overcook); cocer demasiado;

to overdo it, overdo things (= work too hard) → trabajar demasiado

overdo [əuvəˈduː] over vt irreg like do) → exagérer (= overcook); trop cuire;

to overdo it, to overdo things (= work too hard) → en faire trop, se surmener

overdo [əuvəˈduː] irreg like do) vt → übertreiben;

to overdo it → es übertreiben

overdo [əuvəˈduː] vt (irreg) → esagerare (= overcook); cuocere troppo;

to overdo it, to overdo things (= work too hard) → lavorare troppo

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overdo

v overdo [əuvəˈduː]

1 to do, say (something) in an exaggerated way etc They overdid the sympathy.oordoen, oordryfيُفْرِط، يُبالِغпрекалявамpřehánětoverdriveübertreibenπαρακάνω, υπερβάλλωexagerar, pasarse conliialdamaزیاده روی کردنliioitellaexagérerלְהַגזִיםअति कर देनाpretjeratieltúlozmembesar-besarkanofgeraesagerareやりすぎる지나치게 (...)하다perdėti, persistengtipārspīlētberlebih-lebihanoverdrijvenoverdriveprzesadzić, przetrzymaćexagerara exageraпереборщитьpreháňaťpretiravatipreteratiöverdrivaทำมากเกินไปabartmak做得過度перебільшуватиمبالغہ کرناhành động thái quá做得过度

2 to cook for too long The meat was rather overdone.doodkook, te gaar kook/maakمُطْبوخ بصورةٍ زائِده، مُسْتَوٍпрегарямpřevařittilberedt for længezu lange kochen/bratenπαραψήνωcocer/asar demasiadoüle küpsetamaزیادی پختنkypsentää liikaatrop cuireלְבַשֵׁל יוֹתֶר מִדָיज्यादा पका देनाprekuhan, prepečentúlsüt, -főzmemasak terlalu lamaofsjóða/-steikjacuocere troppo, far scuocere煮すぎる너무 삶다[]perkepintipārcept; pārvārītterlalu lamate gaar kokenkoke/steke for myegotować za długocozinhar demaisa prăji/a coace prea multпереваривать;пережариватьprevariťpredolgo kuhatiprekuvatisteka (koka) för längeทำมากเกินไปfazla pişirmek把...煮得太久пересмажуватиزيادہ دير تک پکا ديناnấu quá nhừ把...煮得太久