OVERDO

v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.

2.
v.

To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.

3.
v.

To surpass; to excel. [R.] Tennyson.

4.
v.

To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.

5.
v.

To labor too hard; to do too much.

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