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o⋅ver⋅draw

[oh-ver-draw] verb, -drew, -drawn, -draw⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
2. to strain, as a bow, by drawing too far.
3. to exaggerate in drawing, depicting, portraying, or describing: The author has overdrawn the villain to the point of absurdity.
–verb (used without object)
4. to overdraw an account or the like: It ruins one's credit to overdraw frequently at a bank.
5. (of a stove, fireplace, etc.) to draw excessively; have too strong an updraft: When the flue overdraws, all the heat goes right up the chimney.

Origin:
1325–75; ME; see over-, draw
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o·ver·draw   (ō'vər-drô')   
v.   o·ver·drew (-drōō'), o·ver·drawn (-drôn'), o·ver·draw·ing, o·ver·draws

v.   tr.
  1. To draw against (a bank account) in excess of credit.

  2. To pull back too far: overdraw a bow.

  3. To spoil the effect of by exaggeration in telling or describing.

v.   intr.
To make an overdraft.
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Word Origin & History

overdraw 
1734, in banking sense, from over + draw.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: over·draw
Pronunciation: "O-v&r-'dro
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -drew /-'drü/; -drawn /-'dron/; -draw·ing
transitive verb : to draw checks on (a bank account) for more than the balance intransitive verb : to make an overdraft
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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