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verb
Chiefly in over-egg the pudding: to spoil (something) by exaggerating it, or an aspect of it; to overdo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, regional, transitive
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Synonyms: gild the lily, go overboard, take too far
Antonyms: none provided
History
From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + egg, from the phrase over-egg the pudding, a reference to adding too many eggs to a pudding and thereby ruining it.
