overwork

overwork
v
1. overtax, overtask, overexert, over-extend, overexercise, overstrain, overdrive; fag or fag out, enervate, exhaust, jade, wear out, prostrate, run or drive into the ground; oppress, overload, overlade, overburden, overweight, overcharge, surcharge.
2. work hard, work like a horse, work like a slave or galley slave, slave, Inf. sweat and slave, Inf. work one's head or tail off, work one's fingers to the bone; do double duty, work overtime, work double hours, work day and night; work late, burn the midnight oil, lucubrate.
3. foment, agitate, suscitate, excite, overexcite, impassion, inflame, stir up, work up, wind up, whip up, fire up; madden, infuriate, lash into a fury, whip into a frenzy.
4. overdo, overlabor, overuse, overemploy, overplay, Inf. overplay one's hand; overstress, overemphasize, play up.
5. decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish, overlay.
n
6. overexertion, overexercise, overexpendi-ture, overstrain, strain, overtaxing, overtasking.

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