overrate
verb (used with object)
to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate.
have been overrating
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present perfect progressiveof overrate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Now we'll see if the general and others hereabouts have been overrating you.
From Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer by R. Emmett (Robert Emmett) Owen
