Definition of "overplaying" []

• Present participle of overplay. (verb)

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• "Malek Boutih, a senior Socialist official and former head of SOS Racism, also accused politicians of "overplaying" their outrage."
• "Hopefully the corps will continue overplaying their hand, and even more hopefully the electorate will be ready to punish those who get in the way of true reform."
• "If you watch a sitcom and see a dumb girl, the actress is usually overplaying her dumbness."