Don't overdo it.
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Overdo
//ˌəʊvəˈduː//
Synonyms for "overdo" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Verb(6 words)
Related words (50)
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Translations
51 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- преварявам verb (to cook too much — see also overcook)
- прекалявам verb (to do too much of something)
- препичам verb (to cook too much — see also overcook)
- преуморявам verb (to fatigue, to exhaust)
Catalan
1 entries- exagerar verb (to do too much of something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 做得過分 /做得过分 verb (to do too much of something)
Czech
1 entries- přehnat verb (to do too much of something)
Dutch
1 entries- overdrijven verb (to do too much of something)
Esperanto
2 entries- trofari verb (to do too much of something)
- troigi verb (to do too much of something)
Finnish
1 entries- liioitella verb (to do too much of something)
French
2 entries- en faire trop verb (to do too much of something)
- trop cuire verb (to cook too much — see also overcook)
Galician
3 entries- esaxerar verb (to do too much of something)
- excederse verb (to do too much of something)
- pasarse verb (to do too much of something)
German
2 entries- zu lange kochen verb (to cook too much — see also overcook)
- übertreiben verb (to do too much of something)
Greek
2 entries- παρακάνω verb (to do too much of something)
- παραξηλώνω verb (to do too much of something)
Hungarian
4 entries- agyonhajszol verb (to fatigue, to exhaust)
- eltúloz verb (to do too much of something)
- kimerít verb (to fatigue, to exhaust)
- túlfőz verb (to cook too much — see also overcook)
Italian
2 entries- cuocere troppo verb (to cook too much — see also overcook)
- esagerare verb (to do too much of something)
Japanese
1 entries- やり過ぎる verb (to do too much of something)
Māori
2 entries- whakakoio verb (to fatigue, to exhaust)
- whakawhēnanau verb (to fatigue, to exhaust)
Polish
4 entries- męczyć verb (to fatigue, to exhaust)
- nużyć verb (to fatigue, to exhaust)
- przesadzać verb (to do too much of something)
- przesadzić verb (to do too much of something)
Portuguese
1 entries- exagerar verb (to do too much of something)
Russian
3 entries- переборщить verb (to do too much of something)
- перестараться verb (to do too much of something)
- переусердствовать verb (to do too much of something)
Slovene
1 entries- pretiravati verb (to do too much of something)
Spanish
4 entries- desmesurarse con verb (to do too much of something)
- excederse con verb (to do too much of something)
- exigirse demasiado en verb (to do too much of something)
- pasarse con verb (to do too much of something)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Please don't overdo it.
Source: tatoeba (1140064)
Let's not overdo it.
Source: tatoeba (2007739)
I know that I am "un-Swedish". And I intend to continue to be that way. It is not "best not to overdo things". It's best to be best!
Source: tatoeba (2125672)
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