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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"

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

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

fib collapse: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"; tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

overreact collapse: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"

brag collapse: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

overstate collapse: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

deceive collapse: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"; be false to; be dishonest with

overcharge collapse: a price that is too high; rip off; ask an unreasonable price

ballyhoo collapse: blatant or sensational promotion; advertize noisily or blatantly

build up collapse: enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages; "build up your savings"; change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"; form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"; bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

tout collapse: someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way; someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit; advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"

caricature collapse: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect; represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

swagger collapse: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

magnify collapse: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

lie collapse: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; position or manner in which something is situated; Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968); tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"; be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"; be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position; have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"; be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

vapor collapse: a visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance

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