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All overdo synonyms

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verb overdo

  • overcook β€” Cook too much or for too long.
  • char β€” If food chars or if you char it, it burns slightly and turns black as it is cooking.
  • spoil β€” to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the corn crop.
  • ruin β€” ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • stew β€” to cook (food) by simmering or slow boiling.
  • burn β€” If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
  • exaggerate β€” Represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is.
  • overplay β€” to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
  • overemphasize β€” to emphasize excessively.
  • overstate β€” to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • overestimate β€” to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • overrate β€” to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
  • overreach β€” to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
  • overuse β€” to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
  • overvalue β€” to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
  • amplify β€” If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
  • belabour β€” If you belabour someone or something, you hit them hard and repeatedly.
  • belabor β€” If you say that someone belabors the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.
  • fatigue β€” weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
  • hype β€” to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
  • magnify β€” to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
  • overburden β€” to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
  • overindulge β€” eat, do to excess
  • overload β€” to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
  • overtax β€” to tax too heavily.
  • overtire β€” to make or become too tired
  • overwork β€” to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
  • pressure β€” the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
  • puff β€” a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
  • stretch β€” to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • go overboard β€” over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
  • go too far β€” take sth past acceptable limits
  • lay it on β€” to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • pile on β€” heap
  • run into the ground β€” to do too long or too often; overdo
  • run riot β€” a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
  • talk big β€” to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • wear down β€” to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
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