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overdrive

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go into overdrive
to start working very hard, or to start doing something in an excited way With her exams only two weeks away, she's gone into overdrive and is studying ten hours a day. The tabloid press went into overdrive at the news that the princess was getting married again.

into overdrive
into a condition of hard work and effectiveness The staff went into overdrive, trying to get the software ready for release on Monday. There are times when you think this show is going to shift into overdrive, but it never does.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form in overdrive: Law enforcement agencies are in overdrive preparing for the summit meeting.


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I can still remember reading Wood's sales page for Maximum Overdrive the first time.
Operation Overdrive "Operation Overdrive began last summer with plans for extensive benchmarking analysis, a framework for instilling ConAgra-wide teamwork, and a series of moves to strengthen our company's operating and corporate staff leadership," said Bruce Rohde, ConAgra's chairman and chief executive officer.
DALLAS -- For a limited time, Dallas-based Sales OverDrive is making available a significant percentage of its senior sales and marketing staff hours to provide hourly sales advice and assistance on a variety of topics related to sustaining and growing sales in the current economy.
 
 
 
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