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1 overdo
(a) (exaggerate) exagérer, pousser trop loin;∎ he rather overdoes the penniless student (bit) il joue un peu trop l'étudiant pauvre;∎ the battle scenes are a bit overdone les scènes de combat sont un peu exagérées;∎ all that jewellery is really overdoing it! tous ces bijoux? c'est vraiment un peu trop!;∎ Maxine rather overdoes the make-up Maxine se maquille un peu trop;∎ you've overdone the curry powder tu as eu la main un peu lourde avec le curry;∎ she overdoes the jogging elle force un peu trop sur le jogging(b) (eat, drink too much of)∎ don't overdo the whisky n'abuse pas du whisky∎ to overdo it, to overdo things se surmener;∎ I've been overdoing it again j'ai de nouveau un peu trop forcé;∎ ironic don't overdo it! surtout ne te surmène pas! -
2 overdo
əuvə'du:past tense - overdid; verb1) (to do, say (something) in an exaggerated way etc: They overdid the sympathy.) exagerar, pasarse con2) (to cook for too long: The meat was rather overdone.) cocer/asar demasiadotr[əʊvə'dʊː]1 (exaggerate) exagerar, pasarse con\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto overdo it exigirse demasiado1) : hacer demasiado2) exaggerate: exagerar3) overcook: recocerv.• exagerar v.• excederse v.• excederse en v.• extralimitarse v.• llevar a exceso v.• recocer v.• requemar v.'əʊvər'duː, ˌəʊvə'duː1) ( exaggerate) exagerar, pasarse con (fam)to overdo it to overdo things — ( go too far) írsele la mano a alguien; ( overexert oneself) exigir* demasiado
2) ( Culin) cocinar demasiado, recocer*, dejar pasar[ˌǝʊvǝ'duː](pt overdid) [ˌˌǝʊvǝ'dɪd] (pp overdone) VT1) (=exaggerate) exagerar; (=use to excess) pasarse con *I overdid the garlic — me he pasado con el ajo *, se me ha ido la mano con el ajo *
to overdo it or things — (=work too hard) trabajar demasiado; (=exaggerate) exagerar; (in description, sentiment etc) cargar las tintas
2) (=cook too long) cocer demasiado, recocer* * *['əʊvər'duː, ˌəʊvə'duː]1) ( exaggerate) exagerar, pasarse con (fam)to overdo it to overdo things — ( go too far) írsele la mano a alguien; ( overexert oneself) exigir* demasiado
2) ( Culin) cocinar demasiado, recocer*, dejar pasar
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