Overdo
verb
To do something to an excessive extent or take something to extremes.
She always overdoes it at Christmas and buys far too many presents.
Often appears as...
- overdo it
- overdo the drinking
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To cook food for too long or at too high a temperature.
The steak was overdone and tough to eat.
Often appears as...
- overdo the cooking
- overdo the steak
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To do more than is suitable or sufficient.
I think you're overdoing the exercise a bit – remember, it's important to rest, too.
Often appears as...
- overdo the exercise
- overdo working
verb
To do something to an excessive extent or take something to extremes.
She always overdoes it at Christmas and buys far too many presents.
Often appears as...
- overdo it
- overdo the drinking
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To cook food for too long or at too high a temperature.
The steak was overdone and tough to eat.
Often appears as...
- overdo the cooking
- overdo the steak
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To do more than is suitable or sufficient.
I think you're overdoing the exercise a bit – remember, it's important to rest, too.
Often appears as...
- overdo the exercise
- overdo working
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Avoid Extremes
Use 'overdo' to caution against too much of a good thing, which can be harmful or unnecessary.
Don't overdo the compliments; they may seem insincere.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Occasions
'Overdo' often appears when discussing social events where people might go beyond the norm.
They really overdid the Halloween decorations this year.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Criticism
'Overdo' can imply a gentle criticism or advice to take moderation into account.
You overdid your joke a bit; some people seemed uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 1/3Avoid Extremes
Use 'overdo' to caution against too much of a good thing, which can be harmful or unnecessary.
Don't overdo the compliments; they may seem insincere.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Occasions
'Overdo' often appears when discussing social events where people might go beyond the norm.
They really overdid the Halloween decorations this year.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Criticism
'Overdo' can imply a gentle criticism or advice to take moderation into account.
You overdid your joke a bit; some people seemed uncomfortable.
Pro Tip 1/3Avoid Extremes
Use 'overdo' to caution against too much of a good thing, which can be harmful or unnecessary.
Don't overdo the compliments; they may seem insincere.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Occasions
'Overdo' often appears when discussing social events where people might go beyond the norm.
They really overdid the Halloween decorations this year.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Criticism
'Overdo' can imply a gentle criticism or advice to take moderation into account.
You overdid your joke a bit; some people seemed uncomfortable.
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
where it was like, oh my gosh, it's just your foot. It's just the way you throw your board over. Just let the ledge do that, and it's easy, and the next thing you know, there's 20 more tricks based out of the variations. So that's the kind of thing -- here, check this out, here's another way, and I won't overdo this. A little indulgent, I understand.
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Toothpaste PIPE Ingredients...
simple reason it's because your gums are long more fragile than your teeth so you don't overdo it on the roughness the second category is called humectants a humectant is something that helps retain water and that is what gives toothpaste it's and this is a direct quote from
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What makes us feel good...
dramatically improve people's motivations so the good news is that adding motivation doesn't seem to be so difficult the bad news is that eliminating motivation seem to be incredibly easy and if we don't think about it carefully we might overdo it so this is all in
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Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
smelling scents but of course even when we wash our hands with hand soap which is also very necessary out here in the bush house anywhere in the world actually a saint comes off that so you can't really avoid Saints but we definitely don't overdo it try to avoid
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How to make your writing...
Like, what if instead of a horse, for example, you just had a pair of coconuts? Okay, let's think of some other memorable moments in history, literature, or film. Now, what if they featured coconuts? Get wild, let it go. Even if an idea seems overdone,
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What makes us feel good...
So the good news is that adding motivation doesn't seem to be so difficult. The bad news is that eliminating motivations seems to be incredibly easy, and if we don't think about it carefully, we might overdo it.
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Jackie Tabick: The...
if you overdo things. And balancing them all in the middle is this notion of compassion, which has to be there, if you like, at our very roots. This idea of compassion comes to us
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Geoff Mulgan:...
"Governing a great country is like cooking a small fish. Don't overdo it." And I think more and more people are also Why boost consumption, rather than change what we consume?
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My year of saying yes to...
Am I nothing but that hum? And then the hum stopped. Overworked, overused, overdone, burned out. The hum stopped. Now, my three daughters are used to the truth
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Chase a Wild Buffalo...
that's what busy can overdo it right there
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Rodney Mullen: Pop an...
where it was like, oh my gosh, it's just your foot. It's just the way you throw your board over. Just let the ledge do that, and it's easy, and the next thing you know, there's 20 more tricks based out of the variations. So that's the kind of thing -- here, check this out, here's another way, and I won't overdo this. A little indulgent, I understand.
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Toothpaste PIPE Ingredients...
simple reason it's because your gums are long more fragile than your teeth so you don't overdo it on the roughness the second category is called humectants a humectant is something that helps retain water and that is what gives toothpaste it's and this is a direct quote from
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What makes us feel good...
dramatically improve people's motivations so the good news is that adding motivation doesn't seem to be so difficult the bad news is that eliminating motivation seem to be incredibly easy and if we don't think about it carefully we might overdo it so this is all in
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Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
smelling scents but of course even when we wash our hands with hand soap which is also very necessary out here in the bush house anywhere in the world actually a saint comes off that so you can't really avoid Saints but we definitely don't overdo it try to avoid
Video examples
How to make your writing...
Like, what if instead of a horse, for example, you just had a pair of coconuts? Okay, let's think of some other memorable moments in history, literature, or film. Now, what if they featured coconuts? Get wild, let it go. Even if an idea seems overdone,
Video examples
What makes us feel good...
So the good news is that adding motivation doesn't seem to be so difficult. The bad news is that eliminating motivations seems to be incredibly easy, and if we don't think about it carefully, we might overdo it.
Video examples
Jackie Tabick: The...
if you overdo things. And balancing them all in the middle is this notion of compassion, which has to be there, if you like, at our very roots. This idea of compassion comes to us
Video examples
Geoff Mulgan:...
"Governing a great country is like cooking a small fish. Don't overdo it." And I think more and more people are also Why boost consumption, rather than change what we consume?
Video examples
My year of saying yes to...
Am I nothing but that hum? And then the hum stopped. Overworked, overused, overdone, burned out. The hum stopped. Now, my three daughters are used to the truth
Video examples
Chase a Wild Buffalo...
that's what busy can overdo it right there
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Gary Busey
American Actor
Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.
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Martha Hunt
American Model
I think sometimes less is more. I don't think it helps to overdo exercising - I think you need to do it to keep your body healthy and fit, but there is a fine line between, you know, healthy and obsession. You have to build your foundation first. Your brain has to sort of connect to your body.
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Alana Stewart
American Actress
I watch what I eat. I'm careful with exercise. I do enough to try to stay healthy, but I don't overdo, and I pace myself... Most important of all though, I try to think healthy thoughts.
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Shirley MacLaine
American Actress
Remember, I come from such an excessively overdone, red-carpet place called Hollywood. So I'm used to people blowing up their success in ways that are far above and beyond the truth.
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Martina Navratilova
American Tennis Player
Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don't overdo it.
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Claire Danes
American Actress
I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it.
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Jean-Marc Vallee
Canadian Director
As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.
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Danny Bonaduce
American Actor
My motto in life is, 'If anything is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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Gary Busey
American Actor
Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.
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Martha Hunt
American Model
I think sometimes less is more. I don't think it helps to overdo exercising - I think you need to do it to keep your body healthy and fit, but there is a fine line between, you know, healthy and obsession. You have to build your foundation first. Your brain has to sort of connect to your body.
Quote examples
Alana Stewart
American Actress
I watch what I eat. I'm careful with exercise. I do enough to try to stay healthy, but I don't overdo, and I pace myself... Most important of all though, I try to think healthy thoughts.
Quote examples
Shirley MacLaine
American Actress
Remember, I come from such an excessively overdone, red-carpet place called Hollywood. So I'm used to people blowing up their success in ways that are far above and beyond the truth.
Quote examples
Martina Navratilova
American Tennis Player
Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don't overdo it.
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Claire Danes
American Actress
I was a serious kid to an absurd degree. I was overwhelmed with responsibility. You know, trying to play grown up. I overdid it.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
The public doesn't mind people living together without being married, providing they don't overdo it.
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Jean-Marc Vallee
Canadian Director
As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.
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Danny Bonaduce
American Actor
My motto in life is, 'If anything is worth doing, it's worth overdoing.
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Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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