overdrive
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈoʊvərˌdraɪv/
:
actividad frenética
- Shipyards appeared all along the nation's coast, and pre-existing ones went into overdrive to produce cargo vessels capable of carrying goods to Europe.
- go into overdrive
The system needs to kick its fans into OverDrive in order to protect itself.
- The system needs to kick its fans into OverDrive in order to protect itself.
- And for me, the sense that is just kind of an OverDrive right now that's unnerving is sound.
- That was right before the Ukraine war went into OverDrive.
- And what is happening there is the physiological consequence of sympathetic OverDrive and this CRH release.
- Now, once your skin warms back up, blood circulation in your face kicks into OverDrive.
- I actually, I I deal with anxiety myself and my anxiety went into OverDrive during shelter in place and COVID.
- In September, employee motivation experts were sent into OverDrive when a TikTok video on quiet quitting went viral.
- But there's a long list of substances, Dust, animal dander, insect venom, medications, certain foods that can send your immune system into OverDrive.
- So it's that PSD have gone sort of OverDrive.
Examples
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Senses are on overdrive, and that is hard to just turn off.
Blog text (27) -
In September, employee motivation experts were sent into OverDrive when a TikTok video on quiet quitting went viral.
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After that, he went into overdrive.
Academic text (2008) -
The car was on cruise control, but her brain was in overdrive.
Fiction book (2001) -
The tech startup scene has suddenly gone into overdrive this year.
Blog text (1) -
I've always had an active imagination but it's really gone into overdrive these last couple of years.
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Several major divisions of the Mossad went into overdrive that summer, especially Research.
Fiction book (1994) -
The fact-checkers have gone into overdrive trying to keep up with the falsehoods in Ryan's speech.
Blog text (32) -
The team's productivity went into overdrive as the deadline approached.
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During the crisis, the hospital's response team was in overdrive to ensure all patients received care.
Synonyms
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4.4
Too much work or information that makes you feel stressed
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4.6
Work done for too long that makes you tired or sick
1
7.0
A time when work becomes very fast and intense
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6.5
Doing too much physical or mental work that causes harm
1
5.3
A body part or process working more than normal
Giving someone too much work or pressure so they become very tired
Too much physical and mental effort that causes damage or tiredness
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overdrive comes from over 'too much' and drive 'to push or make work'. A helpful way to remember the sense 'a state of very high activity' is to think of a car in overdrive, where everything runs at extra speed and power.