to overdrive
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6.3
- verb
- /ˈoʊvərˌdraɪv/
:
sobrecargar
- 2) Don't overdrive a 12V power source.
Examples
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CARL: Don't overdrive the car, Jimmy.
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Don't overdrive the car.
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CARL: Don't overdrive the car.
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It's kind of like like they're overdriving it really hard.
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Don't overdrive the car.
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I try to avoid chaining amplified devices because they can start to overdrive each other and cause clipping.
Blog text (17) -
She was overdriving, fleeing the scene of the crime.
Fiction book (1999) -
By placing the boost after the overdrive and pushing the boost knob past 3 o'clock, you can overdrive the tone further and add volume in one press of a switch.
Blog text (26) -
Jimbo Fisher's West Virginia is set to overdrive this morning, meaning your need for hunting dog metaphors has been filled to capacity and then topped off just in case.
Blog text (20) -
If you overdrive your car frequently, it may lead to engine problems in the long run.
Synonyms
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3.9
Give someone too much work or problems so they cannot cope
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3.6
Do something too much, more than needed
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4.4
To do something more than is needed
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3.7
To use something too often so it becomes harmful or less effective
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6.3
To try to do more than you can handle and cause strain
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4.1
To make someone work too much so they become very tired or ill
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5.9
To give someone too much work or responsibility
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5.1
Make a person or thing work as hard as possible until they cannot keep going
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6.5
Make more effort than your body or mind can handle
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6.8
To make someone very tired by doing too much
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4.3
To put too much weight on something so it becomes unsafe
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6.5
To exercise so much that you feel tired and your body hurts
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7.2
Use all your energy and take big risks to test your skill
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4.4
To put too much strain on the body or mind
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5.5
To push someone or something beyond what they can manage
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5.0
Needing a lot of effort and making you very tired
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6.6
Cause something to become too active
To push yourself or something too hard so it breaks and you become very tired
To make someone very tired so they cannot work or think well
To make someone very tired by doing too much without rest
To make someone very sleepy from too much activity
To make someone very busy and tired with too much work
To push people or teams to work beyond safe limits, often causing stress
To make a machine or vehicle run faster than its safe speed limit
To work much harder and faster to get something done
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Etymology
Overdrive comes from over 'too much' and drive 'to push or make work'. As a verb, it means to push someone or something beyond normal limits, to make them work too hard.