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.
overdrawing
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present participleof overdraw.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Despite uncertainty over the exact figure, experts agree that overdrawing oil from the salt caverns it is stored in would damage the caverns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
No one suggests that the banks shouldn’t charge fees for specific services, such as for maintaining customers’ checking or banking accounts or overdrawing their accounts or stopping payment on checks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
“We urge any customer who may find themselves in financial difficulty due to overdrawing on their account to contact us.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Legislation passed in 2014 requires water districts to stop overdrawing their aquifers by the 2040s.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Yet, in putting on record these individual tendencies of the short story, I should be overdrawing the picture if I did not call attention to what general tendencies are in the ascendent.
From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by John Cournos
