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overdraw |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overdraw \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overdraw v 1: draw more money from than is available: "She overdrew her account" 2: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth: " tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery." [syn: {overstate}, {exaggerate}, {hyperbolize}, {magnify}, {amplify}] [ant: {understate}]
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