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overvalue collapse: assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value of your old car"

go beyond collapse

soup up collapse: make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

go overboard collapse

overexercise collapse

idealize collapse: form ideals; "Man has always idealized"; consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death"

superabound collapse

misteach collapse

overshoot collapse: an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt; aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"; shoot beyond or over (a target)

overindulge collapse

misstate collapse: state something incorrectly; "You misstated my position"

understate collapse: represent as less significant or important

maximize collapse: make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!"; make the most of; "He maximized his role"

overspend collapse: spend at a high rate; spend more than available of (a budget)

pile it on collapse

overexert collapse: exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength; "don't overexert yourself when exercising!"

talk big collapse

go too far collapse

stretch the truth collapse

overemphasize collapse: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

triple collapse: a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base; a quantity that is three times as great as another; increase threefold; "Triple your income!"; hit a three-base hit

oversell collapse

redouble collapse: make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled"; double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"; double in magnitude, extent, or intensity; "The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio"

overstep collapse

misrepresent collapse: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

beef up collapse

jazz up collapse: make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper"

overestimate collapse: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high; an appraisal that is too high; make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"

go to extremes collapse

know no bounds collapse

prevaricate collapse

overplay collapse

exceed collapse: go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"; go beyond; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"

inflate collapse: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"; exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"; increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value; "inflate the currency"; cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit; "The war inflated the economy"

overdraw collapse: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

overdrive collapse: a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power; the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive"; drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

overdo collapse: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

mislead collapse: lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"

falsify collapse: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"; prove false; "Falsify a claim"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

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