overdid

verb

past tense of overdo
as in exaggerated
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 overdid Piastri made an ambitious lunge on Norris in the penultimate lap, but overdid it and locked his front wheel, nearly crashing into his teammate. — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025 Teyana Taylor, ever the purposeful center of attention, donned a silver foil fringe look by Haider Ackermann for Tom Ford, but overdid it with a matching wig, converting her into a tinsel tree. — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026
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exaggerated
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  • Emma Wager, senior policy analyst for the program on the ACA at KFF, said there is fraud in the ACA marketplace, but the scale described by the federal government may be exaggerated.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 29 June 2026
  • One Iranian woman, sporting a Pride flag behind her ear, brushed off the culture clash, saying the media exaggerated most of it.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
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