overdo

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

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

I should be afraid she might overdo, if I didn’t know her ‘moral fit’ wouldn’t last long.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

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

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023

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

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

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2021

“Here he goes and overdoes it, gets fightin’ sharks, and stopping down about twiced as long as he should the first time, and then says the pumping was checked.”

From Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake by George Manville Fenn

“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

By bedtime I realize that I way overdid it.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Even the serious moments had hints of comedy, yet the bits were never overdone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

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

Some, of it was formal and trumped-up, overdone.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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

From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026

Tina says there's also a fine line between refreshing and overdoing it as "very aggressive ice exposure can irritate sensitive skin or trigger rosacea, so keep it gentle".

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

True believers have a way of rhetorically overdoing it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

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

From Salon ● May 30, 2024

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

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold