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over-egging the pudding

over-egging the pudding is the present participle and gerund of over-egg the pudding.

Meaning of over-egg the pudding

Verb

over-egg the pudding (third-person singular simple present over-eggs the pudding, present participle over-egging the pudding, simple past and past participle over-egged the pudding)

  1. (intransitive) To embellish too much; to exaggerate.
    • But hard riding men, in strange countries, are apt now and then to over-egg the pudding, as the Yorkshire landlord told his Grace of Cleveland.1839 September, Nimrod [pseudonym; Charles James Apperley], “A Hunting Tour in the Midland Counties: The Quorn: The Belvoir: And the Cottesmore”, in Craven [pseudonym; John William Carleton], editor...
    Synonyms:
    gild the lily

Questions about over-egging the pudding

What is over-egging the pudding the present participle and gerund of?
Over-egging the pudding is the present participle and gerund of over-egg the pudding.

Words near over-egging the pudding in the dictionary

  1. over-egg
  2. over-egg the pudding
  3. over-egged
  4. over-egged the pudding
  5. over-egging
  6. over-egging the pudding
  7. over-eggs
  8. over-eggs the pudding
  9. over-elaborate
  10. over-enthusiastic
  11. over-estimate

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