overdoes

present tense third-person singular of overdo
as in exaggerates
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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exaggerates
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  • The fact that the company exaggerates the job numbers, as well as the true number of states where the plane produces a significant number of jobs does not alter the fact that economic arguments carry a lot of weight in Congressional decisions on weapons procurement.
    William Hartung, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Mandel criticized the media for accepting Hamas’s claims at face value, which exaggerates the crisis and undermines non-Hamas aid efforts.
    Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Overdoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overdoes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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