Associations to the word «Overdo»

Wiktionary

OVERDO, verb. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
OVERDO, verb. To overtask or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust.
OVERDO, verb. To surpass; to excel.
OVERDO, verb. To cook too much.

Dictionary definition

OVERDO, verb. Do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats