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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
overdo .
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Examples
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She's singing "No One," and while she's clearly having fun, she kind of overdoes it a bit.
TV Squad 2009
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I think Marvel kind of overdoes it in terms of trying to be ‘with the times’, and while I have nothing to support this beyond my own experiences with Marvel books, it’s often done in a very patronizing, ‘look how with it we are’ manner.
Idigo Tribe and Star Sapphires Get Their Day | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Think your neighbor overdoes the Halloween decorations?
HUFFPOST HILL - Perry Campaign Entangled In Racially Inoffensive Real Estate Issue Eliot Nelson 2011
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Jo McInnes's strenuous production overdoes the group's restlessness and, even though Peter McDonald as the tortured Greg and Isabel Ellison as the teenage outsider briefly impress, you sense the actors working overtime to give highly physical, Steppenwolf-style performances.
Red Bud – review Michael Billington 2010
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All-Glass Firefox overdoes the transparency, but Glasser looks just fine for me.
All-Glass Firefox Enables Slick Transparency Effects | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I would say that Dr.T. 's opening rather overdoes it with his overweening pomposity.
An Evolutionary Model of Depression, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Mr. Campbell's libretto overdoes everything, and is crammed with extraneous lines that pile up details without adding depth.
When Words Got in the Way Heidi Waleson 2011
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If Unusuals overdoes the levity, it's still more appealing than the deadly serious, painfully dreary Southland.
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He added: We should be frank: sometimes in this country, the left overestimates the power of Murdoch, and the right overdoes the left-leanings of the BBC.
David Cameron spoke to Rupert Murdoch's executives about BSkyB bid 2011
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Warner, a Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said … Another concern is that the agency, “divorced from the reality of the market and the reality of the financial institution, becomes so focused on a gotcha mentality that it overdoes,” Warner said.
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