overachieve
[oh-ver-uh-cheev]
- to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- to perform better or achieve more than expected, especially by others.
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Annie (Alison Brie) was a perfectionist and overachiever who crashed and burned after an Adderall addiction.
To say Paula Broadwell is an overachiever is an understatement.
It will be really, really fast Like that overachiever in your high school, Apple has to be the best at everything.
An overachiever, you nonetheless demand familial support and validation.
Excerpted from Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever by Walter Kirn ©2009.
overachieve
- (intr) to perform (for example, in examinations) better than would be expected on the basis of one's age or talents
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