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go into overdrive
become much more active or intense
To become much more active, intense, or productive than usual.
Hear it in real life
How did you finish all that work so quickly?
I went into overdrive once I realised the deadline was today.
My mind goes into overdrive whenever I have an important decision to make.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My mind goes into overdrive to study harder before exams.
Say: I go into overdrive and study harder before exams.
A person or system goes into overdrive; the mind can go into overdrive, but it does not itself study.
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How it fits in a sentence.
go into overdrive; went into overdrive
Your turn: say it out loud
My mind goes into overdrive whenever I have an important decision to make.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go into overdrive
become much more active or intense
“My mind goes into overdrive whenever I have an important decision to make.”
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