transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)pleɪ ]
( overplays, overplaying, overplayed)
1.
If you say that someone is overplaying something such as a problem, you mean that they are making it seem more important than it really is.
I think the historical factor is overplayed, that it really doesn’t mean much.
= exaggerate
VERB : V n
2.
If someone overplays their hand , they act more confidently than they should because they believe that they are in a stronger position than they actually are.
The United States has to be careful it doesn’t overplay its hand.
PHRASE : V inflects