Overdrive

Noun

 * 1)  A gear, on an automobile, higher than the normal top gear.
 * 2) A state of heightened activity.
 * 1) A state of heightened activity.

Thesaurus
Hydromatic, automatic transmission, burden, busy, carry too far, cogwheel, differential, differential gear, drive, exaggerate, exhaust, fag, freewheel, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, high, intermediate, keep busy, know no bounds, low, neutral, oppress, overact, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert, overexpend, overindulge, overlabor, overplay, overreact, overspend, overstrain, overstress, overstudy, overtask, overtax, overtrain, overuse, overwork, pass all bounds, protest too much, rack, reverse, standard transmission, stick shift, sweat, synchromesh, task, tax, transmission, work

Translations

 * Finnish: ylivaihde
 * Greek:


 * Italian:


 * Finnish: ylikierrokset

Derived terms

 * go into overdrive

Verb

 * 1) exaggerate (to overstate, to describe more than is fact)