Hypertext Webster Gateway: "overdraw"
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) 1.7 (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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