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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Overdo  \O`ver*do"\,  v.  i. 
  To  labor  too  hard;  to  do  too  much 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Overdo  \O`ver*do"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  {Overdid};  p.  p.  {Overdone};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Overdoing}.] 
  1.  To  do  too  much  to  exceed  what  is  proper  or  true  in  doing 
  to  exaggerate;  to  carry  too  far 
 
  Anything  so  overdone  is  from  the  purpose  of  playing. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  overtask.  or  overtax;  to  fatigue;  to  exhaust;  as  to 
  overdo  one's  strength. 
 
  3.  To  surpass;  to  excel.  [R.]  --Tennyson. 
 
  4.  To  cook  too  much  as  to  overdo  the  meat. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  overdo 
  v  :  do  something  to  an  excessive  degree:  "He  overdid  it  last 
  night  when  he  did  100  push-ups"  [syn:  {exaggerate}] 




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