Underdo

And if you try to 'underdo' it, you often end up with an expression that isn't cleary recognizable to the viewer. ❋ James Gurney (2009)

"We were going to 'underdo' everybody else," he said. ❋ Kunur Patel (2010)

A "surgical" strike would do neither and would also violate the Powell doctrine that in military actions one should never underdo. ❋ Unknown (2012)

I think McLame is trying really hard to look all Mavericky and because he's, well, old, he is over doing it because if you haven't noticed, the elderly don't tend to underdo much of anything. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our new path will be to underdo: smaller, clean energy houses and smarter buying habits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

ROBERTS: Right, but you don't want to underdo it either. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything — and, of the two, always rather overdo than underdo. ❋ Unknown (2005)

So, we don't want to overdo it, but I certainly don't want to underdo it either. ❋ Unknown (2003)

They either overdo or underdo and fail to become balanced. ❋ R. L. Alsaker (N/A)

Each poultry keeper will have to accommodate the size of his flock to his own particular circumstances, being careful not to overdo or underdo too far. ❋ Raleigh Howard Merritt (1929)

It is distinctly unhealthful either to overdo or to underdo work, play, rest, or sleep. ❋ Eugene Lyman Fisk (1907)

Hence the business man, if he is a good one, will take greater care not to overdo or underdo things than the scientific man can reasonably be expected to take. ❋ Samuel Butler (1868)

That at least was the view of Mr Geithner, who said his European colleagues had finally come to realise that if they "underdo" the rescue package, it will end up costing more. ❋ Telegraph View (2011)

"They have come to recognize that if you underdo it, it can be expensive, and if you let the momentum build against you, it's hard to arrest." ❋ By STEPHEN CASTLE AND LIZ ALDERMAN (2011)

With all their attention, however, they sometimes overdo the business, and sometimes underdo it. ❋ Adam Smith (1756)

A young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything -- and, of the two, always rather overdo than underdo. ❋ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1733)

He said Singh then tried to underdo the girl's top and sexually touched her. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Talking about his own actions after the orgy scandal, he said: "I think it is better to underdo it than overdo it," adding, of his father: "I think he overdid it - that stopped people thinking seriously about his ideas." ❋ Unknown (2009)