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overdrive


over·drive

noun \ˈō-vər-ˌdrīv\

Definition of OVERDRIVE

1
: an automotive transmission gear that transmits to the drive shaft a speed greater than engine speed
2
: a state of heightened activity <going into rhetorical overdrive>
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Examples of OVERDRIVE

  1. He put the car into overdrive.
  2. His acting career is in overdrive.
  3. The reporters went into overdrive to finish their stories on time.

First Known Use of OVERDRIVE

1926

Rhymes with OVERDRIVE

eat alive, forty-five, four-wheel drive, friction drive, garlic chive, hyperdrive, power-dive, scuba dive

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