over-deliverv.
/ˌəʊvədᵻˈlɪvə/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərdəˈlɪvər/, /ˈˌoʊvərdiˈlɪvər/ intransitive. To deliver more than is required or expected. Also (occasionally) transitive.Frequently in collocation with under-promise.
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1928 Times 18 Feb. 4/7 A driver making several distributions may easily over-deliver to one customer.
1935 Economica 2 73 Deduct col. 13 from col. 12, and the difference is the franc value of the gold over-delivered by the Fund (col. 14).
1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 Dec. iv. 2/3 To any who will listen, the Secretary offers this advice which may be especially needed now: ‘Underpromise and overdeliver.’
1991 Toronto Life Mar. 16/1 We're over-delivering on our commitment to Canadian content.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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