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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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
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
One of your depositors has overdrawn his account.
From Business English A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig
I cannot think he has overdrawn the picture.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
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
