overdrive
Meanings
Verb
- To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
Noun
- A gear, on an automobile, higher than the normal top gear.
- A state of heightened activity.
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Origin
- From Middle English overdriven, from Old English oferdrīfan, equivalent to over- + drive. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurdrieuwe, Dutch overdrijven, German Low German overdrieven, överdrieven, German übertreiben, Norwegian overdrive.
- From over- + drive From the gear over "D" (drive) in an automatic transmission vehicle.
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