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Collocations for overtime - noun

1. work

ADJECTIVE

excessive
Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.
paid, unpaid
forced, mandatory (both AmE)

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VERB + overtime

do, put in, work
I do about five hours' overtime a week.
She puts in a lot of overtime.

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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.

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2. (AmE) sport

ADJECTIVE

first, second, etc.
He scored with only seven seconds remaining in the second overtime.
sudden-death

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VERBS

go into
The game went into overtime.
force
Stanford scored two goals in the last minute to force overtime.

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overtime + NOUN

period
The first overtime period ended with no scoring.
victory, win
an impressive overtime win against Denver
loss

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PREPOSITION

in overtime
We were unlucky to lose in overtime.

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