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overdrive

 
Noun overdrive has 2 senses
  1. overdrive - the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive"
    --1 is a kind of
    action, activity, activeness
    Derived form: verb overdrive1
  2. overdrive - a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
    --2 is a kind of
    high gear, high
Verb overdrive has 2 senses
  1. overdrive - drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"
    --1 is one way to
    overwork, exploit
    Derived form: noun overdrive1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. overuse, overdrive - make use of too often or too extensively
    --2 is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
overdramatise overdramatization overdramatize overdraw overdrawn overdress overdressed overdrew overdrive overdue overdue debt overeager overeat overeaters anonymous overeating overeducated overegg

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