- (old-fashioned) an extra high gear in a vehicle, used when you are driving at high speeds
- to be in overdrive
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Idioms
See overdrive in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygo into overdrive
- to start being very active and working very hard
- As the wedding approached, the whole family went into overdrive.
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