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Verb: overact  `ow-vu(r)'akt
  1. Exaggerate one's acting
    "Mr. Market has a tendency to overact"
    - ham it up, ham, overplay

Derived forms: overacted, overacting, overacts

See also: overacting

Type of: act, play, playact, roleplay

Antonym: underact

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