overdraw
verb
1 overdraw
Draw more money from than is available.
Roget 818:
be prodigal
etc.
adj.;
squander,
lavish,
sow broadcast;
pour forth like water;
blow,
blow in [Slang];
pay through the nose
etc.
(dear)
814;
spill,
waste,
dissipate,
exhaust,
drain,
eat out of house and home,
overdraw,
outrun the constable;
run out,
run through;
misspend;
throw good money after bad,
throw the helve after the hatchet†;
burn the candle at both ends;
make ducks and drakes of one's money;
fool away one's money,
potter away one's money,
muddle away one's money,
fritter away one's money,
throw away one's money,
run through one's money;
pour water into a sieve,
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs;
manger son ble en herbe [Fr.].
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Dutch: in het rood gaan
2 overdraw
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
synonyms: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overstate.
Roget 549:
exaggerate,
magnify,
pile up,
aggravate;
amplify
etc.
(expand)
194;
overestimate
etc.
482;
hyperbolize;
overcharge,
overstate,
overdraw,
overlay,
overshoot the mark,
overpraise;
make over much,
over the most of;
strain,
strain over a point;
stretch,
stretch a point;
go great lengths;
spin a long yarn;
draw with a longbow,
shoot with a longbow;
deal in the marvelous.
out-Herod Herod,
run riot,
talk at random.
heighten,
overcolor†;
color highly,
color too highly;
broder†;
flourish;
color
etc.
(misrepresent)
544;
puff
etc.
(boast)
884.
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Roget 555:
misrepresent,
distort,
overdraw,
exaggerate,
caricature,
daub;
burlesque,
parody,
travesty.
Dutch: chargeren, hyperboliseren, kleuren, opblazen, opkloppen, oppijpen, overdrijven, overtrekken
Moby thesaurus: aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort, draw the longbow, embellish, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make much of, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overcharge, overdevelop, overdistend, overdo, overestimate, overexpand, overextend, overpaint, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overspend, overstate, overstrain, overstress, overstretch, pad, parody, pervert, pile it on, puff, slant, strain, stretch, stretch the truth, swell, talk big, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty, twist, understate, warp, wrench ... show more.
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