Pronunciation

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  • IPA (key): /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈdraɪv/
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Plain form
overdrive

Third-person singular
overdrives

Past tense
overdrove

Past participle
overdriven

Present participle
overdriving

  1. (transitive) If you overdrive yourself, you drive or work yourself to exhaustion.

Singular
overdrive

Plural
overdrives

  1. (uncountable) (figurative) An overdrive is a state of excessive activity.