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Overdraw v. t. (past overdrew; past part. overdrawn; pres. part. overdrawing)

To exaggerate; to overdo.

(Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the proper amount or limit; to draw more than the balance in one's account.

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Etymology of 'Overdraw'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Overdraw" Quotes from Famous Books

... the point I want to make is this. On both these matters, if you'll pardon my saying so, you were equally wrong. You were afraid that as a son-in-law all my entries would be on the wrong side of your ledger. Well, I don't believe I'll overdraw my account with you for some little time, Mr. Hurd, for I hand you herewith—as we say to our stenographers—to the order of the Massachusetts Light, Heat, and Traction Company, checks and drafts to the ...

— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble

... rather soon slipped quietly under the table, to be told the next day most of the snappy toasts and stories the other fellows had contributed to the occasion. These entertainments soon forced Dave to overdraw his allowance. A business- like letter asking explanations came from his father, and this was followed by a peremptory command that he live within his already "ample remittance." Father and son had never been companions, and here the boy's devotion ...

— Our Nervous Friends - Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness • Robert S. Carroll

... overdraw this picture of one who is only a type of thousands. It is impossible to give any adequate specification of him. He takes me, metaphorically, by the throat, and I am helpless. With vivid strokes he paints me scene after scene, episode after episode, of his life in "a windbag," and ...

— An Ocean Tramp • William McFee

... Missouri, to make new deposits on our account; and when the matter is thus doubly settled for us by nature and science, we go on our way rejoicing, only to repeat the same insane folly. But it is not good for one's credit to overdraw too frequently her bank account; and there may come a time when suspension means bankruptcy, and when all the kindness and skill of all our friends can be no longer of any avail. Is it not our own fault, and shall we not so educate ...

— The Education of American Girls • Anna Callender Brackett

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