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overtold

overtold is the simple past and past participle of overtell.

Meaning of overtell

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.

Questions about overtold

What is overtold the simple past and past participle of?
Overtold is the simple past and past participle of overtell.

Words near overtold in the dictionary

  1. overtoasted
  2. overtoil
  3. overtoiled
  4. overtoiling
  5. overtoils
  6. overtold
  7. Overton
  8. Overton County
  9. Overton window
  10. Overton windows
  11. overtone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overtold (page history and authors); overtell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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