overdo
verb (used with object)
to do to excess; overindulge in.
had been overdoing
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past perfect progressiveof overdo.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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I think Frederika had been overdoing her blandishments, and he had become suspicious; for he is one of the most cunning of men.
From Caesar's Column by Ignatius Donnelly
Mr. Simcox, profoundly sympathetic to every mood of her who was at once his protege and his support, told her he thought she had been overdoing it.
From This Freedom by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
The doctor said his patient had been overdoing himself a little, and must rest more if he was to completely recover.
From Tom Swift and His Sky Racer, or, the Quickest Flight on Record by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
Thee had been overdoing, Richard, and thee felt the effects of the fever in thy system before thee or any of us knew what was the matter.
From A Day of Fate by Edward Payson Roe
She realized that perhaps she had been overdoing things.
From God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life by Ethel M. Chapman
