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In some senses, overdo is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
best, best, careful
VERB + OVERDO
doesn't, don't, hope, let's, likes, shouldn't, try, want
OVERDO + NOUN
it's, things, wine
ADV.
hopefully
verb
To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.
[…] o’erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end […] is to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature;
To cook for too long.
to overdo the meat
[He] talked of a feast where he had been the day before, but that the venison was over-done.
To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).
to overdo one’s strength
Good God! hovv poore a thing is vvretched man? / So fraile, that let him ſtriue the beſt he can, / VVith euery little blaſt hee’s ouerdon.
To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent.
In a delicate Garden, where Art hath shewed it’s vtmost, yee shall meet with Roses, Gillyflowers, and Fountaines of Alabaster and Iasper; but thou wilt not so much admire this, as if thou shouldst light on these dainties in a Desert, or in some craggie Mountain, where the hand of nature shall ouerdoe that of art and Industrie.
[...] it would be their shame for ever to be overdone in mischiefe, nor were they here exceeded.
verb — do something to an excessive degree
I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.
Wiktionary[…] o’erstep not the modesty of nature: for anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end […] is to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature;
Wiktionary[B]elieve me, / That servant overdoes, that’s too officious; / And in presuming to direct your master, / You argue him of weakness, and your self / Of arrogance and impertinence.
WiktionaryDon't overdo it.
Tatoeba · #30192Please don't overdo it.
Tatoeba · #1140064Let's not overdo it.
Tatoeba · #2007739i Register
In some senses, overdo is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.