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"Overdrive" Definition

noun

A gearing mechanism of a motor vehicle engine that reduces the power output required to maintain driving speed in a specific range by lowering the gear ratio.
Informal A state of heightened activity or concentration: shifted into overdrive toward the end of the semester.
An automotive transmission gear that transmits to the drive shaft a speed greater than engine speed.
A state of heightened activity .

verb-transitive

To drive (a vehicle) too far or too long.
To push (oneself) too far, as in the performance of tasks.

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