Meaning & use
OD
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To take a dangerously excessive dose of a drug.
See it in a sentence
Paramedics rushed to the scene after a teenager reportedly OD'd on prescription pills.
The documentary followed a family whose son had OD'd twice before finally entering treatment.
A note on using this word
"OD" started as an abbreviation of "overdose" and is now used informally as a verb in its own right, with past tense spelled "OD'd" or "ODed."
Words with a similar meaning
overdose
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An instance of taking a dangerously excessive dose of a drug.
He was hospitalized after an OD on painkillers.
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