overdrive
IPA: ˈoʊvɝdraɪv
noun
- (dated, automotive) A gear, on an automobile, higher than the normal top gear.
- (uncountable, figurative) A state of heightened activity.
verb
- (transitive) To drive too hard, or far, or beyond strength.
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Examples of "overdrive" in Sentences
- Her murder threw it into overdrive.
- Brain in neutral, keyboard in overdrive.
- A999 with overdrive and electrical control.
- A transmission with an overdrive is disclosed.
- But then it went into major promotional overdrive.
- Unlike the others, he survived the war and the Overdrive.
- The pedal has an overdrive knob, a tone knob, and a level knob.
- The automatic transmission is positioned below the overdrive means.
- The automatic transmission was a four speed overdrive with an overdrive lockout.
- Publishers were miffed when OverDrive teamed up with Amazon, the world's biggest online bookseller, last year.
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