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Overdrive   /ˈoʊvərdrˌaɪv/   Listen
Overdrive

noun
1.
The state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration.  "Melissa's brain was in overdrive"
2.
A high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power.
verb
(past overdrove; past part. overdriven; pres. part. overdriving)
1.
Drive or work too hard.  "Overdriving people often suffer stress"
2.
Make use of too often or too extensively.  Synonym: overuse.





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"Overdrive" Quotes from Famous Books



... his sheaves, flinging a word of encouragement now to one, now to the other, shouting at Ben as he turned the corners, and by every means possible keeping the excitement at the highest point. But he was careful not to overdrive his men. By a previous arrangement and without serious difficulty he had persuaded Teenie Ross, who had come to assist the Morrison girls at the threshing, to bring out a lunch to the field at ten o'clock. For half an hour they sat in the long grass in the shade of a maple tree eating the ...
— The Doctor - A Tale Of The Rockies • Ralph Connor


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