overdose

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

   • to die of a heroin overdose
   • Drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in West Virginia, and the state leads the country in fatal drug overdoses. OxyContin—nicknamed “hillbilly heroin”—is king.
2. 2

   To dose to excess

   To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to someone.

3. 3

   To dose excessively, to take an overdose.

   • Be careful not to overdose on those pills.
   • She overdosed on cocaine.
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   1. 4

      To indulge in something excessively.

      • Claude overdosed on smack in a Chicago flophouse three years later.

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