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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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Protect them against molestation, but if it happens, don't overact and inflate it into a doomsday event.
But unless you're a huge fan of the Wayans and their ability to overact, you should probably hold on to your money.
The director Margot Bordelon and her designers manage shifts in time lucidly, though she sometimes allows the engaging cast to overact.
Her lack of theater training shows because she is one of the few actors who doesn't overact.
At times, they do tend to overact or appear patronizing to viewers.
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.

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