overdose

/'ouvədous/

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Definition

1. Verb:
   • To take an excessive and dangerous amount of a drug or medicine.
   • To have an excessive or harmful amount of something non-physical (used figuratively).

Examples of Usage

• Verb:
  • The authorities warned that the potent new drug could cause users to overdose easily.
  • He tragically overdosed on a combination of prescription medications.
  • (Figurative) Viewers can overdose on bad news if they watch the channel all day.

Advanced Usage

• "to overdose on something": This is the standard prepositional phrase used with the verb.
  • She overdosed on heroin.
  • The market has overdosed on pessimistic forecasts.

Variants and Related Words

• Overdose (noun): An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
  • He was taken to the hospital after an overdose.
• OD (abbreviation, verb & noun): A common informal abbreviation for "overdose".
  • The singer nearly OD'd last year.

Synonyms

• Overindulge in (for figurative use).
• Poison oneself with (implies severe consequence).

Phrasal Verbs

• Overdose on: To take a lethal or harmful excess of a substance. This is the primary and almost exclusive construction for the verb.
  • The report focused on teenagers who overdose on over-the-counter pills.

Related Idioms

• While not a fixed idiom, the figurative use "to overdose on [something]" is common to mean to have too much of an experience to the point of it being negative or numbing.
  • After three weeks of touring castles, I'd completely overdosed on medieval history.

Học thuật

Verb

1. dose too heavily
   • The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room

Từ đồng nghĩa

• o.d.