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Definition of Exaggerate
Exaggerate

To heap up; to accumulate.

To amplify; to magnify; to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; to delineate extravagantly ; to overstate the truth concerning.

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Exaggerate Quotations

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.
Eric Hoffer

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate.
Nicolas de Chamfort

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
Honore de Balzac

Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that.
Bob Edwards

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
Floyd Abrams

Exaggerate Translations

exaggerate in Danish is overdrive
exaggerate in Dutch is chargeren, overdrijven
exaggerate in Italian is esagerare
exaggerate in Norwegian is overdrive
exaggerate in Spanish is exagerar


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