Crossword-Solution: OVERPLAY
We have 15 clues for the answer “OVERPLAY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Bad thing to do with one's hand | 1 answer |
| Carry too far, as an actor | 1 answer |
| Give too much airtime, say | 1 answer |
| Give undue importance to | 1 answer |
| Shoot past the green. | 1 answer |
| What "hams" do. | 2 answers |
| exaggerate one's acting | 2 answers |
| Be a ham | 4 answers |
| overemphasise | 4 answers |
| Overstress | 6 answers |
| Overstate | 12 answers |
| Accentuate | 23 answers |
| dramatise | 32 answers |
| Ham | 44 answers |
| Exaggerate | 69 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OVERPLAY (5)
Juzzlebraggin here now and then to see that she doesn't overplay the game and get sick herself, and make sure that they don't get her vaccination mark away from her.
Fred and Eustace took this to mean that he would not Overplay his Attentions, so they escorted him to the House.
Since she had to reveal herself plainly to the audience, the temptation to overplay the part must have been great, but she resisted it nobly.
She was not fool enough to overplay her hand, so her greeting was still disdainful, but when he tarried she did not send him away.
But as long as these rustlers don’t overplay their hand, they may continue to get by almost indefinitely.
Quotes with OVERPLAY (3)
Liberals should not overplay this weapons of mass destruction card, because you want me to tell you the truth? Most of us are not going to care if they don't find these weapons of mass destruction. It's enough for a lot of us to see those kids smiling on that street again.
Many players in the big blind get in trouble by calling pre-flop raises; they try to do too much. They don't want to get bullied, so they attempt a tricky check-raise bluff or overplay their hands in an ill-advised effort to push back.
Typically, actors overplay jargon or toss it away in an extravagant display of casualness. Real people hit the important parts hard.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1958–2020).