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.
have overdrawn
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present perfectof overdraw.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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However, the leading theory is that the landfill’s gas extraction wells may have overdrawn methane and other gases, inadvertently introducing oxygen deep inside the landfill’s well system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Over the years since, those states have overdrawn the river’s average deposits.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
I have overdrawn my account with Williams, and I'll lose my place if it is not paid.
From A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties by Charles Major
And do not say that I have overdrawn this picture, either.
From The Evolution of Dodd by William Hawley Smith
I do not think that I have overdrawn.
