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[syn: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Overdraw \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. Overdrew; p. p.
Overdrawn; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdrawing.]
1. To exaggerate; to overdo.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the
proper amount or limit; to draw more than the balance in
one's account.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
overdraw
v 1: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her
account"
2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize
and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" [syn:
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize,
hyperbolise, magnify, amplify] [ant: downplay,
minimise, minimize, understate]