OVERDO in a Sentence

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Example sentences for OVERDO, such as:

1. We thought Hannah was overdoing the authority business, and your mother ought to know.
2. I should be afraid she might overdo, if I didn't know her 'moral fit' wouldn't last long.

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 Meanings and Examples of OVERDO
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overdo
 v.  do something to an excessive degree
Classic Sentence:
1  I should be afraid she might overdo, if I didn't know her 'moral fit' wouldn't last long.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SIXTEEN
2  We thought Hannah was overdoing the authority business, and your mother ought to know.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
3  No doubt water ought not to be so wet as it is; it overdoes it in wetness.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
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