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overegg

/ ˌəʊvərˈɛɡ /

verb

  1. to exaggerate (a feature of something) to the point of unreasonableness (esp in the phrase overegg the pudding )

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"You guys overegg everything," Garcia added.

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So, we shouldn't overegg the impact some of this unease may have on the government's plans.

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Of course there have been many exaggerated reports of the death of the full breakfast down through the years and I wouldn’t want overegg talk of its decline now.

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Recall the way Boris Johnson’s career began: sacked by the Times for fabricating a quote but allowed to rise and rise all the same, first in journalism and then in politics, where he continued to “overegg” the facts, to use his euphemism of choice.

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The easy way to be funny about the rackety flight he makes in a tiny plane across Mozambique would be to overegg his own cowardice.

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