as in exaggerates
to describe or express in too strong terms
the fashion designer's claim that his new line of clothing would revolutionize the way we dress was perhaps overdoing it just a bit
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Recent Examples of overdoes
Her direction here wisely emphasizes the actors, and possibly overdoes it with the mirrors — lotta symbolically reflective surfaces and isolating frames within frames — but there’s never the sensation that the person behind the camera is winging it.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2026
Alexander’s staging occasionally overdoes the comic exuberance.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2026
Alexander’s staging occasionally overdoes the comic exuberance.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overdoes
exaggerates
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Drama hides a hero’s flaws; comedy exaggerates it.
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Tristan Baker, head of performance at Go Perform, an athletics performance and coaching facility, and a former strength and conditioning coach at Reading, believes a still photograph exaggerates how unstable the movement appears.
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“Overdoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdoes. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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