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Meanings of exaggerate in anglès

portuguès
exagerar
català
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espanyol
exagerar

To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.

exagerar
portuguès
exagerar
català
exagerar
espanyol
exagerar

Do something to an excessive degree.

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Sinònims
Examples for "overdo"
Examples for "overdo"
1
Work out a training programme that suits you, and never overdo it.
The Irish Times
2
The problem is that you could overdo it if you're not careful!
The South African
3
In our business it is better to overdo suspicion than the opposite.
Foundation and Empire
4
Those who attempt to act in disguise are apt to overdo it.
Aesop's Fables: A New Revised Version From Original Sources
5
Eat some fruit and veggies every day and don't overdo. Good advice.
Made of honor
Usage of exaggerate in anglès
1
Rose may exaggerate to make his point, but the problem is clear.
Reuters
2
Thus, these c-fos results demonstrate how experience may further exaggerate individual differences.
Pubmed
3
The rather unreliable vibe could exaggerate good news on the material front.
The South African
4
He did not in any way exaggerate the condition of the bridge.
Around the World in Eighty Days
5
In letters to FASB, banks complained that the change would exaggerate risks.
Reuters
6
And let's not exaggerate the number of people we have in Afghanistan.
The Guardian
7
We exaggerate, and even come to believe the tales, after a while.
The Postman
8
The prospect of outsized profits leads people to exaggerate their own capabilities.
No country for old men
9
He reckons the public exaggerate the horrors of working in the sewers.
The Guardian
10
It is hard to exaggerate the significance and danger of this development.
The Irish Times
11
Nevertheless it would be wrong to exaggerate the severity of the land.
Seven Icelandic Short Stories
12
But it was difficult to exaggerate the swiftness of the national development.
The Foundations of Japan / Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 M...
13
He began to exaggerate his movements in order to wake me up.
Ebony
14
They exaggerate the importance of the physical and become its abject slaves.
Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
15
There is here no desire to exaggerate the importance of birth control.
Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygien...
16
Young and his band exaggerate their stage personas and improvise their lines.
The Guardian
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Translations for exaggerate
espanyol
exagerar
Exaggerate through the time
Exaggerate across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common