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Overtime   /ˈoʊvərtˌaɪm/   Listen
noun
Overtime  n.  
1.
Time beyond, or in excess of, a limit; esp., extra working time.
2.
(Sports) An extra period of time provided to play a game, beyond the end of the normal period allowed for the game, for the purpose of resolving a tie score; as, the team won in overtime.
sudden death overtime an overtime (2) in which the first team to score wins the game; contrasted with normal overtime (2), which is a fixed period of time during which either team may score as often as they can.





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"Overtime" Quotes from Famous Books



... excellent plan," decided Mr. Sparling. "We will work it whenever we get in after daylight. It might not be a bad idea to try it tomorrow morning. I'll allow the musicians overtime for it, so there should be no objection on their part. We will make a triumphal entry into Des Moines, providing nothing happens to ...
— The Circus Boys On the Mississippi • Edgar B. P. Darlington
... is working overtime, Charlotte," she answered. "We are nearing home, that is all; ...
— Ladies-In-Waiting • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... as the dhow swung round in answer to anchor and helm, Fred, Will and Brown, between them, contrived to save the sail, Brown complaining that we were the first sailors he ever heard of who did not have rum served them for working overtime in dirty weather. ...
— The Ivory Trail • Talbot Mundy
... know how to begin, Miss Beale," he said. "And having seen you, my conscience is beginning to work overtime. But I might as well start at the beginning. I suppose you have ...
— The Angel of Terror • Edgar Wallace
... amount to much," said he, "except that it complicates matters. We'll make him scratch gravel, if we have to sit up nights and work overtime to do it. We can't injure him or leave his logs, but we ...
— The Riverman • Stewart Edward White


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