Meaning of OVERDRAW
| Pronunciation: | | `owvu'drâ
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- [v] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery"
- [v] draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"
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| | Synonyms: | | amplify, exaggerate, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate |
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| | Antonyms: | | downplay, minimise, minimize, understate | | |
| | See Also: | | aggrandise, aggrandize, blow, blow up, bluster, boast, brag, dramatise, dramatize, draw, draw off, embellish, embroider, gas, gasconade, lard, misinform, mislead, overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress, pad, shoot a line, swash, take out, tout, vaunt, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \O`ver*draw"\, v. t. [imp. {Overdrew}; p. p.
{Overdrawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overdrawing}.]
1. To exaggerate; to overdo.
2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the
proper amount or limit.
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| | Related Terms: | | aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort, draw the longbow, embellish, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make much of, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overcharge, overdevelop, overdistend, overdo, overestimate, overexpand, overextend, overpaint, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overspend, overstate, overstrain, overstress, overstretch, pad, parody, pervert, pile it on, puff, slant, strain, stretch, stretch the truth, swell, talk big, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty, twist, understate, warp, wrench |
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