overdo

A little meta-theatrical hamminess goes a long way, and actors in general have a tendency to overdo the joke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

But it is possible for companies to overdo a good thing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

“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

"I mean, I'm not going to overdo it, but I felt sorry for him because he's under pressure. People make mistakes."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

“Don’t let your feelings make you too ambitious on this one, Kate. If you overdo the dose, you might hurt somebody.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Lomakin occasionally overdoes Lieutenant Kelly’s wide-eyed bungling, but Carpenter preens suitably in Confederate uniform.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 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 E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

The British number one sustained a rib injury in the build-up to Roland Garros after he "overdid it with the preparation".

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

“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

I know I’m in the minority here, but they overdid it with Grogu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

If anything, I generally overdid things, especially when it came to preparing for a big moment or test, but this one I’d let slip by.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

De Los editors Fidel Martinez and Suzy Exposito call out overdone Latin music trends and the best albums of 2026 on ‘The De Los Podcast.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

They say that the 5% share-price drop that greeted the lender’s third-quarter update was overdone, and that they see little evidence so far of a marked deterioration in asset quality or losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

He did this, he knew; he dispensed with things, trying to be like other people — decisive, practical — only to discover he’d overdone it.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

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

True believers have a way of rhetorically overdoing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

A minor criticism was an overdoing of a bouncer plan to Santner and Henry, still that led to Brook's moment of magic.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024

I suggest maybe that’s why he’s overdoing it.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold