overdo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb do something to an excessive degree
    exaggerate.
    • He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups

WordNet

O`ver*do" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect Overdid ; past participle Overdone ; present participle & verbal noun Overdoing
Definitions
  1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far.
    Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. Shak.
  2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength.
  3. To surpass; to excel. R. Tennyson.
  4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat.
O`ver*do" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To labor too hard; to do too much.

Webster 1913