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Definition of overdose verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

overdose

verb

NAmE//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

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.

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