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over-egg

To over-egg is a British word that is defined as to overdo.

(verb)

An example of over-egg is to throw an elaborate first birthday party including clowns, zoo animals and a trapeze.

See over-egg in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Brit., Informal to do too much of; elaborate on excessively; overdo: used mainly in the phrase, to mar an undertaking by doing more than is necessary or desirable

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over-egged adjective

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