overdoverb [ T ]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈduː/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈduː/overdid, overdoneC1 to do something in a way that is too extreme:
After a heart attack you have to be careful not to overdo it/things (= you have to work and live calmly).
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Exaggerating & playing down
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- talk sth down
- understatement
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