overtime

overtime
noun
1 work
ADJECTIVE
▪ excessive
▪

Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.

▪ paid, unpaid
▪ forced, mandatory (both AmE)
VERB + OVERTIME
▪ do, put in, work
▪

I do about five hours' overtime a week.

▪

She puts in a lot of overtime.

OVERTIME + NOUN
▪ earnings (BrE), pay, payments (esp. BrE), rate
▪ ban (esp. BrE)
▪

The union imposed an overtime ban in protest at the firing of two workers.

2 (AmE) sport
ADJECTIVE
▪ first, second, etc.
▪

He scored with only seven seconds remaining in the second overtime.

▪ sudden-death
VERBS
▪ go into
▪

The game went into overtime.

▪ force
▪

Stanford scored two goals in the last minute to force overtime.

OVERTIME + NOUN
▪ period
▪

The first overtime period ended with no scoring.

▪ victory, win
▪

an impressive overtime win against Denver

▪ loss
PREPOSITION
▪ in overtime
▪

We were unlucky to lose in overtime.


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