overdo
verb (used with object)
to do to excess; overindulge in.
have been overdoing
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present perfect progressiveof overdo.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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You have been overdoing yourself—that explains itself to everybody.
From A Houseful of Girls by Sarah Tytler
You have been overdoing yourself—some new privation, some new penance.
From Hauntings by Vernon Lee
I explain that I was always delicately slender, but that latterly my ribs have been overdoing it.
From The Sunny Side by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
“Renshaw, you have been overdoing it,” she said warningly.
From Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt by Bertram Mitford
My dear Arthur, you have been overdoing it.
From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess
