Definitions for: Overdraw


[v] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery"
[v] draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"



Webster (1913) Definition: O`ver*draw", v. t. [imp. Overdrew; p. p.
Overdrawn; p. pr. & vb. n. Overdrawing.]
1. To exaggerate; to overdo.

2. (Banking) To make drafts upon or against, in excess of the
proper amount or limit.

Synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate

Antonyms: downplay, minimise, minimize, understate

See Also: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow, blow up, bluster, boast, brag, dramatise, dramatize, draw, draw off, embellish, embroider, gas, gasconade, lard, misinform, mislead, overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress, pad, shoot a line, swash, take out, tout, vaunt, withdraw

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