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overdo

[oh-ver-doo] / ˌoʊ vərˈdu /


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“Toy Story 5” doesn’t overdo its lachrymose side; it’s at least half a breezy comedy, albeit one tinged with worry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 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

He was probably concerned that Workman, being unfamiliar with Seabiscuit, would overdo it and antagonize the horse.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

But that is stoking new fears: If the Fed overdoes it, high rates could cool demand so much that the economy tips into a recession.

From New York Times Jun. 28, 2022

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

Daley notes that Plemons’s comfort inhabiting a sinister character like Gary prevented him from becoming the kind of dramatic actor who overdoes comedy to “sweaty and awkward” effect.

From Washington Post Sep. 4, 2020

"I'll warrant—for, as I often tell him, he makes the idea of one's duty an awful thing to his friends by the extravagance with which he always overdoes it."

From The Outcry by Henry James

“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

Mavididi then rather overdid the celebration, upsetting the locals by sitting on the front wall of the home Tilton Road End, looking smug.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 30, 2022

For Christmas that year, she felt she overdid it a bit with the presents.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

But if the glamour of Ernst’s life is overdone, the novel is so action-packed that you hardly have time to roll your eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The euro was lower against the dollar, but could turn higher as U.S. interest-rate rise expectations looked overdone, ING said, adding that it expects it to reach $1.18 by year-end.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Some argue this latest rally might be overdone.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

She let out an overdone sigh and reached into a drawer.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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

On the other hand, I am not sure if Parker Posey is trying to sound crazy on purpose because her character is heavily medicated, or if she’s just really overdoing that drawl.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2025

Maybe you think I’m overdoing it, and maybe I am.

From Salon May 30, 2024

I hope my fake sigh isn’t overdoing it.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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