overdoing

Verb

overdo (third-person singular simple present overdoes, present participle overdoing, simple past overdid, past participle overdone)

1. (transitive) To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
   • I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.

   Synonyms:

   exaggerate, big up, cut it fat, hyperbolize, overcharge, overemphasize, overstate, play up, stretch, three-sheet

   Antonyms:

   underdo, downplay

2. (transitive) To cook for too long.
   • to overdo the meat

   Synonyms:

   overcook

   Antonyms:

   underdo, undercook

3. (transitive) To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).
   • to overdo one’s strength

   Synonyms:

   overtask, overtax, fatigue, exhaust, wear out

4. (obsolete, transitive) To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent.
   • In a delicate Garden, where Art hath shewed it’s vtmost, yee shall meet with Roses, Gillyflowers, and Fountaines of Alabaster and Iasper; but thou wilt not so much admire this, as if thou shouldst light on these dainties in a Desert, or in some craggie Mountain, where the hand of nature shall...1629, Cristóbal de Fonseca, translated by James Mabbe, Deuout Contemplations, London: Adam Islip, Sermon 2, page 36

   Synonyms:

   excel, outdo, surpass