Overdrive
noun
A state of intense or increased activity, performance, or speed.
The campaigners are in overdrive leading up to the election.
Often appears as...
- in overdrive
- go into overdrive
noun
An extra gear in a vehicle that you can use to travel at high speeds.
We put the car in overdrive on the open highway.
Often appears as...
- in overdrive
- activate overdrive
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General, Technical
noun
A mode designed to enhance the sound of an electric guitar by simulating the sound of a tube amplifier driven to distortion.
He flicked on the overdrive to add some crunch to the guitar riff.
Often appears as...
- flick on overdrive
- using overdrive
Usage tips
General, Technical
noun
A state of intense or increased activity, performance, or speed.
The campaigners are in overdrive leading up to the election.
Often appears as...
- in overdrive
- go into overdrive
noun
An extra gear in a vehicle that you can use to travel at high speeds.
We put the car in overdrive on the open highway.
Often appears as...
- in overdrive
- activate overdrive
Usage tips
General, Technical
noun
A mode designed to enhance the sound of an electric guitar by simulating the sound of a tube amplifier driven to distortion.
He flicked on the overdrive to add some crunch to the guitar riff.
Often appears as...
- flick on overdrive
- using overdrive
Usage tips
General, Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Effort
Describes a situation of working very hard or intensely, often temporarily.
The team went into overdrive to meet the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Peak
Used when emotions are heightened, like excitement, anxiety, or anticipation.
My heart goes into overdrive when I see my favorite celebrity.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically for any system or process working at its maximum.
The rumor mill has gone into overdrive since yesterday's news.
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Effort
Describes a situation of working very hard or intensely, often temporarily.
The team went into overdrive to meet the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Peak
Used when emotions are heightened, like excitement, anxiety, or anticipation.
My heart goes into overdrive when I see my favorite celebrity.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically for any system or process working at its maximum.
The rumor mill has gone into overdrive since yesterday's news.
Pro Tip 1/3Intense Effort
Describes a situation of working very hard or intensely, often temporarily.
The team went into overdrive to meet the deadline.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Peak
Used when emotions are heightened, like excitement, anxiety, or anticipation.
My heart goes into overdrive when I see my favorite celebrity.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Often used metaphorically for any system or process working at its maximum.
The rumor mill has gone into overdrive since yesterday's news.
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The Carbonless Fuel That...
fossil fuels have powered the freighters that have transformed global trade, connecting cotton fields to far-flung garment factories and bringing blueberries from one side of the equator to the other. Coal-powered steamships made it possible to travel farther and faster, and diesel engines took this into overdrive. What began in the early 20th century as a humble canal boat
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How sugar affects the...
Drugs like alcohol, nicotine, or heroin send dopamine into overdrive, leading some people to constantly seek that high, in other words, to be addicted. Sugar also causes dopamine to be released, though not as violently as drugs. And sugar is rare among dopamine-inducing foods. Broccoli, for example, has no effect, which probably explains
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How parasites change...
The malaria parasite, on the other hand, blocks an enzyme that helps the mosquitoes feed, forcing them to bite over and over and over again. The rabies virus may cause that snarling, slobbering behavior by putting the immune system into overdrive. But whatever the method, when you think about how effectively
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How Fear and Anxiety...
protective intrinsic desire to build the world's a safe place and nothing bad will happen to us when probabilities are hard to estimate often those optimism biases kick in no this is real this can have consequences ok back to the brain the amygdala going into overdrive is
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What's normal anxiety --...
are functioning incorrectly and cause us to worry about the future and our safety in it. But for many people, it goes into overdrive. They experience persistent pervasive anxiety that disrupts work, school and relationships
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The physics of playing...
to create effects like distortion, overdrive, wah-wah, delay and flanger. And lest you think that the physics of music is only useful for entertainment, consider this. Some physicists think that everything in the universe
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Why people of different...
What do you see more of in the world? The problem with the first approach is that in our mounting isolation, we divide ourselves from others. Our sense of isolation grows, because our imagination goes into overdrive
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Why do people have...
Pollen is a common offender, just because we encounter so much of it, but there's a long list of dust, animal dander, insect venom, medications, certain foods, that can send your immune system into overdrive.
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Ancient Astronaut Theory...
fascination with the skies went into overdrive they built massive structures to make extremely detailed observations but the question is why why did the ancients construct such huge buildings to observe
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Tower of Power PIPE Alaska...
really important we get this line put back together and make it strong and reliable but stabilizing the new towers and lifting the line into place will require a team of 30 working overdrive
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The Carbonless Fuel That...
fossil fuels have powered the freighters that have transformed global trade, connecting cotton fields to far-flung garment factories and bringing blueberries from one side of the equator to the other. Coal-powered steamships made it possible to travel farther and faster, and diesel engines took this into overdrive. What began in the early 20th century as a humble canal boat
Video examples
How sugar affects the...
Drugs like alcohol, nicotine, or heroin send dopamine into overdrive, leading some people to constantly seek that high, in other words, to be addicted. Sugar also causes dopamine to be released, though not as violently as drugs. And sugar is rare among dopamine-inducing foods. Broccoli, for example, has no effect, which probably explains
Video examples
How parasites change...
The malaria parasite, on the other hand, blocks an enzyme that helps the mosquitoes feed, forcing them to bite over and over and over again. The rabies virus may cause that snarling, slobbering behavior by putting the immune system into overdrive. But whatever the method, when you think about how effectively
Video examples
How Fear and Anxiety...
protective intrinsic desire to build the world's a safe place and nothing bad will happen to us when probabilities are hard to estimate often those optimism biases kick in no this is real this can have consequences ok back to the brain the amygdala going into overdrive is
Video examples
What's normal anxiety --...
are functioning incorrectly and cause us to worry about the future and our safety in it. But for many people, it goes into overdrive. They experience persistent pervasive anxiety that disrupts work, school and relationships
Video examples
The physics of playing...
to create effects like distortion, overdrive, wah-wah, delay and flanger. And lest you think that the physics of music is only useful for entertainment, consider this. Some physicists think that everything in the universe
Video examples
Why people of different...
What do you see more of in the world? The problem with the first approach is that in our mounting isolation, we divide ourselves from others. Our sense of isolation grows, because our imagination goes into overdrive
Video examples
Why do people have...
Pollen is a common offender, just because we encounter so much of it, but there's a long list of dust, animal dander, insect venom, medications, certain foods, that can send your immune system into overdrive.
Video examples
Ancient Astronaut Theory...
fascination with the skies went into overdrive they built massive structures to make extremely detailed observations but the question is why why did the ancients construct such huge buildings to observe
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Tower of Power PIPE Alaska...
really important we get this line put back together and make it strong and reliable but stabilizing the new towers and lifting the line into place will require a team of 30 working overdrive
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Eddie Redmayne
English Actor
I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't.
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Hamish Bowles
English Journalist
After student years of flat-sharing and living with other people's taste, I went into decorating overdrive when I acquired my first apartment - its floor plan not much bigger than the vintage Hermes scarves I then wore side-knotted on my head, pirate-style.
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Shannon Lee
American Actress
I lost my father when I was four, so maybe that was always in the background. Losing my brother kicked it into overdrive. When you get to such an intense place of suffering, you either have the choice to continue suffering or figure a way not to.
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Jos Verstappen
Dutch Driver
People are asking that question again if Max is being too tough on his equipment, but that's complete nonsense. He can't overdrive, he can't break the material. We all know what it is: it's just the equipment that isn't good enough.
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Emraan Hashmi
Indian Actor
When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive. There's no desperation to be acknowledged as the reason for a film's success.
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Carol Thatcher
A mother cannot reasonably expect her grown-up children to boomerang back, gushing cosiness and make up for lost time. Absentee Mum, then Gran in overdrive is not an equation that balances.
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Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish Musician
Using double coil pickups kills a lot of the guitar tone - you lose the acoustic mechanics. With my single-coils driven through the Marshalls and overdrive, it sounds massive.
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Paul Gilbert
American Musician
It is the universe where all rock players live- we all use distortion, overdrive, gain and saturation. I call it 'fuzz.
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Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
I try to sit still for about 15 minutes each morning without making lists or running in overdrive.
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Terence Stamp
British Actor
I have always had this energy, which I think of as overdrive.
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Eddie Redmayne
English Actor
I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't.
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Hamish Bowles
English Journalist
After student years of flat-sharing and living with other people's taste, I went into decorating overdrive when I acquired my first apartment - its floor plan not much bigger than the vintage Hermes scarves I then wore side-knotted on my head, pirate-style.
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Shannon Lee
American Actress
I lost my father when I was four, so maybe that was always in the background. Losing my brother kicked it into overdrive. When you get to such an intense place of suffering, you either have the choice to continue suffering or figure a way not to.
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Jos Verstappen
Dutch Driver
People are asking that question again if Max is being too tough on his equipment, but that's complete nonsense. He can't overdrive, he can't break the material. We all know what it is: it's just the equipment that isn't good enough.
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Emraan Hashmi
Indian Actor
When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive. There's no desperation to be acknowledged as the reason for a film's success.
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Carol Thatcher
A mother cannot reasonably expect her grown-up children to boomerang back, gushing cosiness and make up for lost time. Absentee Mum, then Gran in overdrive is not an equation that balances.
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Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish Musician
Using double coil pickups kills a lot of the guitar tone - you lose the acoustic mechanics. With my single-coils driven through the Marshalls and overdrive, it sounds massive.
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Paul Gilbert
American Musician
It is the universe where all rock players live- we all use distortion, overdrive, gain and saturation. I call it 'fuzz.
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Alex Guarnaschelli
American Chef
I try to sit still for about 15 minutes each morning without making lists or running in overdrive.
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Terence Stamp
British Actor
I have always had this energy, which I think of as overdrive.
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