overdeliver

verb

overdeliver

verb

Etymology From over- + deliver.

1

To deliver in excess of a norm, standard, or requirement.

  • “He’s wise not to overpromise, but to underpromise and overdeliver,” said Dave Checketts, a former president of the Knicks and then Madison Square Garden who left in 2001 after a power struggle with James L. Dolan, the chairman of the Garden.2008 April 4, Richard Sandomir, “Fixing a Broken Dream One Night at a Time”, in The New York Times:
Derived terms
underpromise and overdeliver

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