to overdose on
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- phrasal verb
- /ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs ɑn/
- NSFW
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intoxicarse con
- He overdosed on heroin.
- overdosed on heroin
- overdosed on pills
- overdose on drugs
And she's like, no, she she overdosed on sleeping pills.
- And she's like, no, she she overdosed on sleeping pills.
- But she had said, she said like you can overdose on Tylenol.
- We hear often that people will overdose on drugs of various kinds because they stop breathing.
- You'll hear the myth out there that oh, better not eat too much liver, You might overdose on vitamin A.
- But you know, when I got in trouble and I was in Rikers Ale on Rikers Island, New York City gaol, I had overdosed on heroin and morphine.
- And then also I overdosed on edibles, which like you can't really do, but I did it.
- Dude, if potatoes is cocaine, I mean, you can have somebody, you know, you're going to have your little cousin overdose on a damn waffle fry.
- And as you said, you kind of overdose on mercury in large if you eat large fish, generally small fish, that's not the case.
- Nate's wife, she overdosed on pills to a bottle signals she had postpartum and it's such a serious thing.
Examples
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It's important to follow the dosage instructions carefully to avoid overdosing on any medication.
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Authorities have failed to recognize how often people overdose on medications prescribed for them by their doctors.
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We hear often that people will overdose on drugs of various kinds because they stop breathing.
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A week later, before I ever saw him again, he overdosed on heroin.
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Hi, I think my dad overdosed on sleeping pills... and I need an ambulance right away.
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His attorneys said Hayes tried to overdose on prescription medication.
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I think she's overdosed on some sort of prescription pills.
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She overdosed on painkillers.
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He was rushed to the hospital after he overdosed on prescription painkillers.
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The news reported that several teenagers overdosed on recreational drugs at the party.
Synonyms
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Taking too much of a drug or medicine makes you very ill
To take too much of a drug so you become very ill or die
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'overdose' already encodes taking an excessive amount of a substance, and the preposition 'on' simply marks the substance affected (e.g. 'on painkillers'), so the combined meaning is directly derivable from the parts. This verb + on composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, making it immediately comprehensible to learners who know both constituents.
Etymology
Overdose on comes from the simple image of taking more than the safe amount of a medicine: a dose is a measured amount and over means too much. So, to overdose on something is 'to consume an excessive or dangerous amount', which is why it usually means taking so much of a drug that it harms you.