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overdo

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
overdo/əʊvəˈduː/

▶verb (overdoes, overdoing; past overdid; past part. overdone) exaggerate.

■ use too much of.

■ (overdo it/things) exhaust oneself.

■ (often as adj. overdone) overcook (food).

– derivatives
overdoer noun.

– origin OE oferdōn (see over-, do1).

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