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over the top
(abbreviation OTT) UK informalDefinition
C2 too extreme and not suitable, or demanding too much attention or effort, especially in an uncontrolled way: I thought the decorations were way (= very) over the top. The speech was a bit OTT. He realized he'd gone over the top with the seating arrangements.Exaggerating and playing downPraising and applauding
(Definition of over the top from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alarmist adjective
- alarmist noun
- be stretching it idiom
- dramatize verb (MAKE EXCITING)
- exaggerate verb
- grandiloquent adjective
- inflate verb (MAKE LARGER)
- lay it on a bit thick idiom
- make little of sth idiom
- minimize verb
- OTT adjective
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overrate verb
- overstatement noun
- pad sth out phrasal verb
- protest too much idiom
- soft-pedal verb
- talk sth up phrasal verb
- underrate verb
- undersell verb (BE MODEST)
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