overblows

/ˌoʊvərˈbloʊz/
verb
  1. To blow over or across something, often said of wind or air.
    • The fan overblows the papers off the desk if you leave them loose.
    • When the storm overblows the garden, the flowers are often flattened.
    • The strong wind overblows the sand dunes, reshaping them each season.
  2. To exaggerate or overstate something; to make something seem more important than it is.
    • He tends to overblow his achievements when talking to new people.
    • The media often overblows minor celebrity scandals into huge stories.
    • Don't overblow the problem; it's just a small mistake we can fix.
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