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overplay - 3 dictionary results
o⋅ver⋅play
[oh-ver-pley] 
vərˈpleɪ
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos. |
| 2. | to put too much stress on the value or importance of: A charitable biographer had overplayed the man's piety and benevolence. |
| 3. | Cards. to overestimate the strength of (the cards in one's hand) with consequent loss. |
| 4. | Golf. to hit (the ball) past the putting green. |
| 5. | Archaic. outplay. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to exaggerate one's part, an effect, etc.; overact: Without a firm director she invariably overplays. |
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| o·ver·play (ō'vər-plā') v. o·ver·played, o·ver·play·ing, o·ver·plays v. tr.
To overdo a role or an effect. |
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overplay
"to emphasize (something) too much," 1930, a metaphor from card games, in to overplay (one's) hand, "to spoil one's hand by bidding in excess of its value," from over + play (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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