overact
verb (used with or without object)
to act in an exaggerated manner.
had overacted
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past perfectof overact.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Too essentially honest to practice deception of any kind cleverly, Linley had overacted the part of a man whose mind was entirely at ease.
From The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins
He had overacted his part, and had grossly mistaken the character of the brave young girl, whom he had so basely insulted.
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by St. George Tucker
Standish was sufficiently a man of the world to see that he had overacted his part, and had not made a favourable impression.
From The Haunted Room A Tale by A. L. O. E.
