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overdrive

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1. overdrive - Noun

2. overdrive - Verb

Meaning

a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power

the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration

make use of too often or too extensively

drive or work too hard

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I have always had this energy, which I think of as overdrive. Terence Stamp

Syd was a genius. But I wouldn't want to go back to playing Interstellar Overdrive for hours and hours. Roger Waters

When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive. There's no desperation to be acknowledged as the reason for a film's success. Emraan Hashmi

After student years of flat-sharing and living with other people's taste, I went into decorating overdrive when I acquired my first apartment - its floor plan not much bigger than the vintage Hermes scarves I then wore side-knotted on my head, pirate-style. Hamish Bowles

Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given Source: Internet

Melissa's brain was in overdrive Source: Internet

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