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overdo

[oh-ver-doo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu /


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“It’s not aggressive, it’s not overly sexual, but it does address the stereotypes of guys in dating and how they overdo it,’” Assalini said.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

But, Dr Munro cautions that you shouldn't overdo it.

From BBC Nov. 5, 2025

“One of the best things about music’s potential to decrease dementia risk is that it is fun, can be interactive and you can’t overdo it,” Jaffa said.

From MarketWatch Nov. 5, 2025

Either way, avoid going full-liquid; squash carries a lot of water and it’s easy to overdo it.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2025

“Thanks, Mrs. Sharpe,” Calder said, realizing he probably didn’t have to overdo it on not looking well.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett

The performances are engaging, though Bates overdoes the overbearing nature of her voluble character: opinionated, judgmental and not hesitant to deliver dig after dig at Chrissie.

From Seattle Times Jul. 13, 2023

No one overdoes it, even when the action gets baroque, and their restraint is matched by Haigh’s.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2021

He beats Shubman’s outside edge with his first offering, but overdoes his second and gets driven down the ground for four.

From The Guardian Jun. 19, 2021

“What we’re doing here is trying to take mechanisms that fight where your body overdoes it.”

From Washington Times Mar. 6, 2021

My young lady overdoes it with her piety, Doctor.

From No Surrender by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

“We underdid it in the great financial crisis, so we overdid it here,” said Patrick Harker, who was president of the Philadelphia Fed for a decade before stepping down last June.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Here’s what to do if you overdid it.

From MarketWatch Feb. 12, 2026

The 52-year-old believes she started to became ill in 2018 because she "overdid it and burnt the candle at both ends".

From BBC Dec. 3, 2023

Laufenberg overdid Konstantin’s temper tantrums in Act I, but found a convincingly pained and broken register for the closing scene.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2023

“Though if that were true I think I overdid it.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Blue Owl, Blackstone and other investment firms have said fears gripping the relatively new market are overdone, and that their loan portfolios are doing well.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

It followed a busy festive period with her husband Ross and four-year-old twins Max and Freddie, and when she developed a headache she initially thought she had just "overdone it".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

As far back as March, analysts were racing to Accenture’s defense, saying the selloff was overdone.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

While Thill believes the selloff is overdone, he and his team “acknowledge the concerns around RPO to revenue conversion and the slowdown in cloud apps,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Berg’s Guard might overdo it with the vociferousness with which he announces every entrance at the court, but overdoing it is Ionesco’s mode.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

Some also say Americans — as in the case of previous health fads — run the risk of overdoing it.

From MarketWatch May 10, 2026

There are still plenty of American things Scots wouldn’t be caught dead doing, Johnston said, including overdoing the Cotswolds fashion, calling daytime parties “darties” and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day harder than the Irish do.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

"It was clear he was overdoing it," our eyewitness said.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2025

She knew she was overdoing it a bit but something made her keep on.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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