Sentence example with the word 'overplay'

overplay

accent, go overboard, maximize, outmaneuver, outrange, outstep, overdevelop, overexercise, overleap, overstrain, overuse, stretch

Definition v. exaggerate one's acting

Last update: October 1, 2015


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But Jefferson's animosity kept tempting him to overplay his hand in a way that was fatal in the face of an antagonist so keen and so dexterous as Hamilton.   [Please select]

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