OVERPLAY ONE'S HAND

Meaning of OVERPLAY ONE'S HAND in English

spoil one's chance of success through excessive confidence.

→ overpitched

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

OVERPLAY ONE'S HAND — переоценить свои возможности, погубить дело
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OVERPLAY ONE'S HAND — переоценить свои возможности, погубить дело
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OVERPLAY — Date: 1767 transitive verb 1. to present (as a dramatic role) extravagantly ; exaggerate , to place too much emphasis …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OVERPLAY — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: over (I) + play, v. transitive verb 1. a. : to exaggerate (as a part in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAND
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OVERPLAY — /oh'veuhr play"/ , v.t. 1. to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAND
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OVERPLAY — v. exaggerate; present with exaggeration; act in an exaggerated manner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAND — I. ˈhand noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German hant hand Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OVERPLAY — Date: 1767 transitive verb 1. a. : to present (as a dramatic role) extravagantly : exaggerate b. : to place …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAND — noun rate; price. 2. hand ·vi to cooperate. 3. hand ·noun a bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 4. hand …
Webster English vocab
OVERPLAY — ■ verb give undue importance to (something); overemphasize. Phrases ~ one's hand spoil one's chance of success through excessive confidence.
Concise Oxford English vocab
OVERPLAY — [over.play] vt (1819) 1 a: to present (as a dramatic role) extravagantly: exaggerate b: to place too much emphasis on …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAND — [hand] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG hant hand] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): the terminal part …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OVERPLAY — overplay BrE AmE ˌəʊv ə ˈpleɪ AmE \ ˌoʊv ə r- ▷ overplay|ed d ▷ overplay|ing ɪŋ ▷ overplay|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OVERPLAY — / ˌəʊvəˈpleɪ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈp-/ verb [ vn ] to give too much importance to sth OPP underplay • IDIOMS - …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAND — / hænd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. [ C ] the part of the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERPLAY — o ‧ ver ‧ play /ˌəʊvəˈpleɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] 1 . to make something seem more important …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAND — I. hand 1 S1 W1 /hænd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ hand , ↑ handful ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OVERPLAY — v.tr. play (a part) to excess; give undue importance to; overemphasize. øoverplay one's hand 1 be unduly optimistic about one's …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAND — n. & v. --n. 1 a the end part of the human arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OVERPLAY — v.tr. play (a part) to excess; give undue importance to; overemphasize. overplay one's hand 1 be unduly optimistic about one's …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HAND — n. & v. n. 1 a the end part of the human arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OVERPLAY — v.tr. play (a part) to excess; give undue importance to; overemphasize. Phrases and idioms: overplay one's hand 1. be unduly …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
HAND — n. & v. --n. 1. a the end part of the human arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and …
Oxford English vocab
HAND — I. NOUN USES AND PHRASES /hænd/ ( hands) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERPLAY — ( overplays, overplaying, overplayed) 1. If you say that someone is overplaying something such as a problem, you mean that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OVERPLAY — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If you say that someone is ~ing something such as a problem, you mean that they …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OVERPLAY — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN hand ▪ The unions overplayed their hand in the end. ▪ If his opponents …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ONE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAND — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an ordeal at the hands of sb (= used to say who has made …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OVERPLAY — [verb] [T] - to make (something) seem more important than it really isI think she's overplaying the significance of his …
Cambridge English vocab
OVERPLAY — Synonyms and related words : accent, accentuate, carry too far, dramatize, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go to extremes, go too …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAND — See: AT HAND, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE, CLEAN …
Slang English vocab
OVERPLAY — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: OVERACT Antonyms: underact, underplay 2 to give undue attention or emphasis to FF1C; overplaying the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OVERPLAY — verb 1. Synonyms: overact Antonyms: underact, underplay 2. to give undue attention or emphasis to overplaying the trivial at the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
OVERPLAY — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
OVERPLAY — verb Overplay is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ hand
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HAND — n. 25B6; noun big, strong hands : palm, fist; informal paw, mitt, duke, hook, meat hook; Zoology manus. the clock's …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAND — n. 1 Slang mitt, paw, US lunch-hook Keep your hands off me, you oaf! 2 help, aid, assistance, helping hand, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HAND — See: AT HAND, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE, CLEAN …
Словарь английских идиом
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OVERPLAY — гл. 1) переигрывать; перестараться Syn : overdo it, try too hard 2) придавать чрезмерное значение, раздувать (американизм) переигрывать; перестараться (американизм) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ONE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAND — 1. сущ. 1) а) рука (кисть) to clap one's hands ≈ хлопать, апплодировать to clasp, grab, grasp hand ≈ сжать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OVERPLAY — Переигрывать
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OVERPLAY — v амер. 1. переигрывать; перестараться 2. придавать чрезмерное значение, раздувать to overplay the achievements - преувеличивать достижения 3. карт. обремизиться, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ONE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HAND — hand.ogg 1. hænd n _I 1. рука, кисть руки cupped hands - горсть; пригоршня the back of the hand - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HAND — 1) (механическая) рука 2) захватное устройство; схват 3) кисть ( руки робота ) 4) стрелка ( прибора ) 5) крыло …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HAND — 1) (механическая) рука 2) захватное устройство; схват 3) кисть (руки робота) 4) стрелка (прибора) 5) крыло (семафора) 6) хэнд (внесистемная единица длины) 7) сторона; направление 8) работник, …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
OVERPLAY — гл.1) переигрывать; перестараться Syn: overdo it, try too hard 2) придавать чрезмерное значение, раздувать
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OVERPLAY — (v) обремизиться; переиграть; переигрывать; перестараться; придавать чрезмерное значение; раздувать; раздуть
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