overplay

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To overdo or overact one's effect or role.
To play (a song or record) too frequently, often to the point of causing weariness and annoyance.
To overestimate one's strength in a game or event, which ultimately may end in a defeat.
To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".

ō'vər-plā' LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-overplay.wav

overplay overplays overplaying overplayed

From over- + play.

overplay one's hand

Dutch: overdrijven Dutch: dramatiseren French: surjouer

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