¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overdid
1. overdo [v] - See also: overdo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdid
Literary usage of Overdid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1908)
"I overdid it, she thought in terror, as she recalled her scintillating remarks
and elaborate manner. He must have suspected ! I 'll drink no more, ..."
2. Idols of Education: Selected and Annotated by Charles Mills Gayley (1910)
"Montaigne overdid it. Locke overdid it. Rousseau and the philanthropists overdid it.
Finally appeared Froebel, and his kindergarten overdid it, to death. ..."
3. Heroes of Our Indian Empire by Henry Morris (1908)
"I overdid study, I overdid athletic exercises, I overdid pleasure, and I overdid
sight-seeing." The only hope was entire rest, and his mother, seeing this, ..."
4. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1903)
"overdid 'em ! Don't you know 1 They 're always so high and mighty! Kinder ' Don't
tech me. My mother's an angel; my father's a king'—all that sort of thing. ..."
Other Resources:
