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overtell

overtell verb: to exaggerate or be more explicit than needed; tell too much or too often, etc.

Verb

overtell (third-person singular simple present overtells, present participle overtelling, simple past and past participle overtold)

  1. (transitive) To exaggerate or be more explicit than needed; tell too much or too often, etc.

Forms of overtell

third-person singular presentovertells
present participleovertelling
past participleovertold
pastovertold

Origin of overtell

From over- + tell.

Questions about overtell

What does overtell mean?
Overtell means to exaggerate or be more explicit than needed; tell too much or too often, etc.
What part of speech is overtell?
Overtell is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtell?
The past tense of overtell is overtold.

Words near overtell in the dictionary

  1. overtedious
  2. overteem
  3. overteemed
  4. overteeming
  5. overteems
  6. overtell
  7. overtelling
  8. overtells
  9. overtemp
  10. overtemperature
  11. overtemperatures

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