Down and Overdue

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Down adjective - Brought or having come to an end.

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Overdue and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overdue" instead an adjective "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

Overdue adjective - Not arriving, or occurring, or settled at the due, usual, or proper time.

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Down and overdue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead an adjective "Overdue".

Al notes this on the Season 3 premiere "He Thought He Could" (where Al finds an overdue library book and confronts the evil librarian who constantly put him down as a child) and claims that this is what makes him a winner, rather than a loser.

Source: Series / Married... with Children
Count Spankulot from Codename: Kids Next Door may not actually be a librarian, but he does seem to work for them, seeing as he punishes children who have overdue books by hunting them down and spanking them.

Source: Scary Librarian
They're very personable, but will hunt you down if you have overdue books.

Source: Scary Librarian

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