overdraw

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌoʊvɚˈdrɔ/ UK /ˌəʊvəˈdrɔː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to withdraw more money than an account holds; to exaggerate

She forgot a payment and managed to overdraw her checking account.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to withdraw more money than... exaggerate overstateoverspendembellish magnify

Opposites

understateunderdraw

Word family

Derived forms overdrawnoverdraft

Related forms draw overdraft

Etymology

From over- ('beyond a limit') plus draw, from Old English dragan ('to draw, pull'). The banking sense 'withdraw more than the balance' and the figurative 'exaggerate' both derive from drawing beyond a proper bound.

ofer Old English dragan Old English

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# overdraw

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌoʊvɚˈdrɔ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌəʊvəˈdrɔː/

## Meanings
1. to withdraw more money than an account holds; to exaggerate

## Examples
- She forgot a payment and managed to overdraw her checking account.

## Synonyms
- exaggerate
- overstate
- overspend
- embellish
- magnify

## Antonyms
- understate
- underdraw

## Derived Forms
- overdrawn
- overdraft

## Related Forms
- draw
- overdraft

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ofer
- Root: dragan

## Etymology
From over- ('beyond a limit') plus draw, from Old English dragan ('to draw, pull'). The banking sense 'withdraw more than the balance' and the figurative 'exaggerate' both derive from drawing beyond a proper bound.

## AI Etymology
Overdraw is from over- ('beyond a limit') plus draw, from Old English dragan ('to draw, pull'). The banking sense 'withdraw more than the balance' and the figurative 'exaggerate' both derive from drawing beyond a proper bound. Important recorded forms include ofer (Old English) and dragan (Old English). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers to withdraw more money than an account holds; to exaggerate. The wider family includes derived forms such as overdrawn and overdraft and related words such as draw and overdraft.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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