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 Definitions of overplay  [ˌoʊ vərˈpleɪ]  

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Definition of 'overplay' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) overplay
to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.).

2.  overplay
to put too much stress on the value or importance of.

3.  overplay
to hit (a golf ball) past the putting green.

4.  overplay
overplay one's hand, to overestimate the strength of one's position.

Etymology:  (1640–50)

Definition of 'overplay' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) overact, ham it up, ham, overplay
exaggerate one's acting

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