intransitive. To go beyond limits; to pursue a course of action to excess, or beyond what is prudent or practical; to make an excessive claim.

intransitive. To lash out; to strike out violently. In earliest use figurative: to break out into excess; to be extravagant, exaggerate. Cf. overlash…

intransitive. To be excessively lavish; to exaggerate.

intransitive. Of things: To become worse or more serious. Cf. sense 2b. Obsolete.

intransitive. To exaggerate. Obsolete. rare.

To pass the limits of truth; to exaggerate.