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All go overboard synonyms

go o·ver·board
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verb go overboard

  • carry too far — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
  • overrate — to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
  • overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
  • overstate — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • overreach — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
  • overvalue — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
  • overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
  • overuse — to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
  • magnify — to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
  • stretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • hype — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
  • overwork — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
  • overload — to load to excess; overburden: Don't overload the raft or it will sink.
  • belabor — If you say that someone belabors the point, you mean that they keep on talking about it, perhaps in an annoying or boring way.
  • pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
  • fatigue — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
  • puff — a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
  • overburden — to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
  • overindulge — eat, do to excess
  • amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
  • overtire — to make or become too tired
  • overtax — to tax too heavily.
  • run riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
  • wear down — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
  • go too far — take sth past acceptable limits
  • lay it on — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • pile on — heap
  • run into the ground — to do too long or too often; overdo
  • talk big — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
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