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overplay
[ oh-ver-pley ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
- to put too much stress on the value or importance of:
A charitable biographer had overplayed the man's piety and benevolence.
- Cards. to overestimate the strength of (the cards in one's hand) with consequent loss.
- Golf. to hit (the ball) past the putting green.
- Archaic. outplay.
verb (used without object)
- to exaggerate one's part, an effect, etc.; overact:
Without a firm director she invariably overplays.
overplay
/ 藢蓹蕣惫蓹藞辫濒别瑟 /
verb
- tr to exaggerate the importance of
- another word for overact
- overplay one's handto overestimate the worth or strength of one's position
Example Sentences
"I think the US is overplaying its hand," Ms Elms says.
If the US overplays its hand in alienating its allies today, China will be waiting.
It鈥檚 fine to argue that the judiciary overplays its role as a check on the executive, but I鈥檓 grateful for judges when Congress refuses to play any role other than spectator 鈥 or heckler.
Before leaving for Florida after the Oval Office clash with Zelensky, Trump told reporters that the Ukrainian leader had "overplayed his hand".
Trump later told reporters that Ukraine's president "overplayed his hand" in the exchange and that he would need "to say 'I want to make peace'" to restart talks with the US.
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