Past tense of overdo

Forms of overdo

Overdid and overdone in a sentence

• I overdid the sweets during the holidays and put on some weight.
• Carol had overdone the ventilation and the room was cold.1952, Patricia Highsmith, chapter 16, in The Price of Salt, New York: Norton, published 2004, page 200
• I myself think that Doc overdid the Yankee Doodle stuff.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 288. From the entry babbitt
• Poor Mayes overdid himself and has lost his speech.1917, Wilfred Owen, “Letter to Susan Owen dated 10 September, 1917”, in Complete Works, UK: Delphi Classics, published 2012. From the entry gesturation
• He retailed the common view to Isabel that “Ramsay” was “a tired man, & overdid the envangelical appeal & schoolmastery scolding, but in spots it was eloquent & impressive.”2015, Norman Hillmer, O. D. Skelton: A Portrait of Canadian Ambition, page 210. From the entry schoolmastery

Meaning of overdo

1. verb To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.
2. verb To cook for too long.
3. verb To give (someone or something) too much work; to require too much effort or strength of (someone); to use up too much of (something).

Full definition of overdo

Verbs like overdo

• say (said)
• pay (paid)
• lay (laid)
• hide (hid)
• slide (slid)
• repay (repaid)
• undo (undid)
• overlay (overlaid)
• redo (redid)

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Questions about the past tense of overdo

What is the past tense of overdo?

The past tense of overdo is overdid.

What is the past participle of overdo?

The past participle of overdo is overdone.

Is overdo a regular or irregular verb?

Overdo is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.