· to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
Synonym(s): overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
Hypernym(s): misinform, mislead
· do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
Synonym(s): overdo