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overegg the pudding

overegg the pudding is the alternative form 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

Forms of overegg the pudding

third-person singular presentovereggs the pudding
present participleoveregging the pudding
past participleoveregged the pudding
pastoveregged the pudding

Questions about overegg the pudding

What is overegg the pudding the alternative form of?
Overegg the pudding is the alternative form of over-egg the pudding.

Words near overegg the pudding in the dictionary

  1. overeducation
  2. overeffusive
  3. overeffusively
  4. overeffusiveness
  5. overegg
  6. overegg the pudding
  7. overegged
  8. overegging
  9. overeggs
  10. overelaborate
  11. overelaborated

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