exaggerate

31 01 2008

Verbs
1. (verb) amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate;
  - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth;
  - “tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South’ imagery”;

2. (verb) exaggerate, overdo;
  - do something to an excessive degree;
  - “He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups”;

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