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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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Her lack of theater training shows because she is one of the few actors who doesn't overact.
The director Margot Bordelon and her designers manage shifts in time lucidly, though she sometimes allows the engaging cast to overact.
However, the solutions are not simple, and we should not overact.
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.
I saw Mrs. Drew play Mrs. malaprop, and it was a lesson to people who overact.
But unless you're a huge fan of the Wayans and their ability to overact, you should probably hold on to your money.

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