Overdo

Definition

overdo /ǝƱvǝ'du:/ v ( pt overdid /-'dÇd/; pp overdone /-'dʌn/) ၁။ ပိုလြန္းသည္။ She really overdid the sympathy (ie did not seem sincere). ❍ He was trying to be helpful but he rather overdid it. ၂။ အလြန္အကြၽံထည့္သည္။ မြမ္းသည္။ Don't overdo the salt in the food. ❍ The garden statues are rather overdone. ၃။ (usu passive) က်က္လြန္းသည္။ The fish was overdone and very dry. ❏ overdo it/things [ IDM ] လြန္လြန္းသည္။ He's been overdoing things recently. ❍ You must stop overdoing it — you'll make yourself ill.

Examples

1. Don’t overdo the spices or you’ll lose the flavour of the meat.
2. I thought they overdid the sentimentality at the end of the film.
3. [overdo it with something] : Be careful not to overdo it with the exercise.
4. I’m afraid I’ve overdone the vegetables.