overblows
/ˌoʊvərˈbloʊz/
verb
- 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.
- 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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