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overtime

mastery

UK /ˈəʊ.və.taɪm/ US /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/nounadvverbprep_phrase

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What does 'overtime' mean in this sentence?

Little need be said about the remainder of the run; the Dumfries-Annan and Annan-Carlisle times are very sharp with such loads, and the driver was just observing them, with nothing in hand, though overtime at stations made us late into Carlisle.