overdo
verb (used with object)
to do to excess; overindulge in.
has overdone
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present perfectof overdo (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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On the one hand, he believes the media has overdone it with shark attack coverage, present company included.
From Slate ● May 24, 2019
“Fashion has overdone nostalgia in an attempt to cash in on your impossible longing for a perfect you and perfect time, that doesn’t exist now and actually never did.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2019
But there are signs it has overdone its welcome—that we have seen through its pretenses and false claims—and as the New York Times reported not long ago, many malls are dying.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2015
But critics have said Daley has overdone it on the self-promotion and he's failed to medal in his first competition last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2012
But, if so, he has overdone it altogether—the old Father of Lies—our national patron—our domestic god, whom we take with us when we go abroad.
From Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad
