- 1to take too much of a drug at one time, so that it is dangerous He had overdosed on heroin.
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- 2(figurative) I had overdosed on sun.
overdose
verbNAmE//ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs//
(informal OD) [intransitive] overdose (on something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they overdose he / she / it overdoses
past simple overdosed
-ing form overdosing
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