Definitions
do something to an excessive degree
Word origin
From Middle English overdon, from Old English oferdōn, equivalent to over- + do.
Used in a sentence
“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;”
“[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.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Take too far”6 letters
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