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overplaying
verb
(over-play)
to present (a dramatic role) extravagantly : exaggerate
overplaying
verb
(over-play)
to place too much emphasis on
overplaying
verb
(over-play)
to rely too much on the strength of —usually used in the phrase overplay one's hand
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exaggerating
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underplaying
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overstating
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accentuating
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underestimating
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overblow
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overdoing
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overreacting
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hyping
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understating
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bluffing
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underrating
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playacting
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manipulating
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ignoring
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playing
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faking
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exploiting
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conflating
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oversimplifying
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overrate
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obfuscating
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downplay
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overpassing
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pressuring
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unhinging
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alienating
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overconfident
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overact
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forgetting
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belaboring
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undermining
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jabbing
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overselling
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emoting
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overreaching
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wringing
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misread
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misperceive
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misunderstand
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diluting
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harping
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slighting
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misinterpret
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panicking
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belittling
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cheapening
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embellishing
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ascribing
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contriving
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bodying
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sympathizing
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deflecting
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fooling
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sidelining
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demonizing
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undercutting
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undervaluing
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courting
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acquiescing
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stacking
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deluding
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miscalculate
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muffing
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overstepping
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overworking
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flustering
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straying
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telegraphing
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fudging
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pandering
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kowtowing
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subverting
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dramatizing
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letting
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misdirecting
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hurting
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lobs
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grasping
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winking
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overvaluing
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bamboozles
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dissing
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errs
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fumbling
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skewing
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flexing
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provoking
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overstretching
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diminishing
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riling
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smothering
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fomenting
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favoring
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deceiving
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disregarding
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flatfooted
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tilting
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usurping
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parroting
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overplaying
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