overtime
Time when you work more hours than your usual working time.
Time spent working beyond a person’s normal or agreed working hours.
Extra money you get for working more than your normal hours.
Money paid at a higher rate for work done beyond normal or agreed working hours.
Extra time added to a sports game when the score is the same at the end of normal time.
An additional period of play added to a game when the score is tied at the end of regular time, used especially in North American sports.
More than normal or in a way that is too much, often about something that is working very hard.
To an unusually great or excessive degree, especially describing something working or operating more than is typical.
- Base: overtime
- Plural: overtime
be on overtime
1currently working on overtime pay
To be working at a time when you are getting overtime pay.
- I’m on overtime this weekend, so I’ll be paid extra.
- They’re all on overtime tonight because of the big order.
- He doesn’t usually work nights unless he’s on overtime.
brain is working overtime
1thinking too much or very hard
To think a lot or very hard, often worrying or imagining many things.
- My brain is working overtime trying to remember everyone’s names.
- Her brain was working overtime after she heard the news.
- The night before the exam, his brain was working overtime.
do overtime
1put in extra work hours
To work extra hours, usually at the same job, after your normal finish time.
- I don’t want to do overtime this weekend.
- Nurses often have to do overtime when the hospital is busy.
- He did a lot of overtime last year to save money.
force overtime
1cause the game to go to overtime
To make a game go into extra time by making the score the same near the end of normal time.
- She scored with one second left to force overtime.
- The team forced overtime with a last-minute basket.
- They needed a goal just to force overtime.
go into overtime
1game continues with extra time
If a game goes into overtime, it continues with extra playing time because the score is the same.
- The basketball game went into overtime after a last-second three-pointer.
- If the match is still tied, it will go into overtime.
- The crowd cheered when the final shot made the game go into overtime.
overtime pay
1extra money for extra work
Money you get for working more than your normal hours.
- The company offers generous overtime pay during the holidays.
- New rules will increase overtime pay for low-income workers.
- We only get overtime pay after the first 40 hours.
put in overtime
1spend extra time working
To work extra hours in addition to your normal work time.
- We had to put in a lot of overtime before the product launch.
- She put in overtime all week to prepare the report.
- I’m exhausted after putting in so much overtime this month.
win in overtime
1win during extra time
To win a game during the extra time that is played after a tie at the end of normal time.
- They won in overtime with a goal in the 93rd minute.
- The team finally won in overtime after a very close game.
- We almost lost, but we came back and won in overtime.
work overtime
1do extra hours of work
To work more hours than your normal working time.
- I often work overtime at the end of the month.
- She refused to work overtime without extra pay.
- We had to work overtime to meet the deadline.