overdeliver en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + deliver.
Meanings
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To deliver in excess of a norm, standard, or requirement.
“He’s wise not to overpromise, but to underpromise and overdeliver,” said Dave Checketts, a former president of the Knicks and then Madison Square Garden who left in 2001 after a power struggle with James L. Dolan, the chairman of the Garden.
2008 April 4, Richard Sandomir, “Fixing a Broken Dream One Night at a Time”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overdelivers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overdelivered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overdelivered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overdelivering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |