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Synonyms for overdo
ˌoʊ vərˈduover·do
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Princeton's WordNet
overdo, exaggerateverb
do something to an excessive degree
"He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
Synonyms:
exaggerate, amplify, hyperbolise, overdraw, hyperbolize, overstate, magnify
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overdoverb
Synonyms:
overwork, overtask, overtax, exhaust, exaggerate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#29947 | magnify | |
#36507 | amplify | |
#52027 | exaggerate | |
#73071 | overstate | |
#80648 | overdo | |
#237497 | overdraw |
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I ’d wanted a TV series, but this ? I was n’t sure. I had a hard time getting into the rhythm of it. Then director Joe Pevney suggested I play Lily Munster as a sort of mixed-up Donna Reed character and not overdo anything. When I saw the first pilot in a screening room I cringed at my makeup. But I never estimated it would become this cult thing. It took two hours of makeup to make me seem like that. It ran for two huge seasons, then CBS quarreled with the creators about reruns as we got canceled. A movie in color in 1966 [ ‘ Munster, Go Home ! ’ ] showed off everything in reds and greens on my face. Boy, was I ugly.
I was on my last 12 cans, I have a beer every night, you know what, beer has vitamins in it, it's good for you, as long as you don't overdo it.
Just trying to keep my game where it is and do some quality work, not overdo it, just do the right amount so that when I got here yesterday for the first time, again, I was ready to play and just needed to go see the golf course. Wasn't working on anything in my game, my swing. Wasn't thinking about technique at all. Just all about hitting the shots I need to and thinking about how to manage my game and get it around here for the next four days.
It’s impossible to keep them away because we’re with them every day, so they will be, but we’re strategic in how we do that, we don’t overdo it with them.
In the end, it’s all about a balanced diet, it’s not about limiting one food or another. Because when you go for a balanced diet, you’re unlikely to overdo it on one particular macronutrient or another.
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