overdeliver

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ deliver.

Verb

overdeliver (third-person singular simple present overdelivers, present participle overdelivering, simple past and past participle overdelivered)

  1. To deliver in excess of a norm, standard, or requirement.
    • 2008 April 4, Richard Sandomir, “Fixing a Broken Dream One Night at a Time”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      “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.

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