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You can say that something happens o________ when it happens very quickly and unexpectedly.You can say that something happens overnight when it happens very quickly and unexpectedly.
The rules are not going to change overnight.
He's realistic enough to know he's not going to succeed overnight.
Almost overnight, she had aged ten years and become fat.
In 1970 he became an overnight success in America.
word overnight
full-definition
adverb
If something happens overnight, it happens throughout the night or at some point during the night.
The weather remained calm overnight.
The decision was reached overnight.
Travel and overnight accommodation are included.
Overnight buying also helped the dollar.
You can say that something happens overnight when it happens very quickly and unexpectedly.
The rules are not going to change overnight.
He's realistic enough to know he's not going to succeed overnight.
Almost overnight, she had aged ten years and become fat.
In 1970 he became an overnight success in America.
adjective
Overnight bags or clothes are ones that you take when you go and stay somewhere for one or two nights.
He realized he'd left his overnight bag at Mary's house.
verb
If you overnight somewhere, you spend the night there.
They had told her she would be overnighting in Sydney.
Overnights can be arranged.
inflections overnightsovernightingovernighted
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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