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What does overact mean?

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Verb
  1. (acting) To act in an exaggerated manner.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To act upon, or influence, unduly.
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Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix, two actors I don't like very much, perform convincingly and, more important, don't overact and chew the scenery.
Her lack of theater training shows because she is one of the few actors who doesn't overact.
Pavlova in particular is asked to overact, and not only because she is in a silent.
Used so that the controller does not overact on the servomotor.
Protect them against molestation, but if it happens, don't overact and inflate it into a doomsday event.
Dahl's caricatures could eclipse a production when performed by a cast of skilled actors allowed to overact to their hearts' content, as is the case here.

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