overdraw
verb (used with object)
to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal.
has overdrawn
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present perfectof overdraw (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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Trying to identify the incognito inspector, they settle on a newcomer at the local hotel who has overdrawn his credit and is foppish, imperious and curious.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition, he has overdrawn his bank accounts by $85,000, is $226,000 behind in paying his insurance premiums and owes $182,000 in back taxes.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a man who is received as a millionaire can hardly help feeling like one at times, even if he knows he has overdrawn his banker's account.
From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald
Tell him that he has overdrawn his allowance, and that if he wants the picture he must earn the money to pay for it.
From The Iron Woman by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
One of your depositors has overdrawn his account.
From Business English A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig
