Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, regional)Chiefly in over-egg the pudding: to spoil (something) by exaggerating it, or an aspect of it; to overdo.

Origin

From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + egg, from the phrase over-egg the p

From over- (prefix meaning ‘excessive; excessively’) + egg, from the phrase over-egg the pudding, a reference to adding too many eggs to a pudding and thereby ruining it.

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Forms

overeggs, overegging, overegged, overegged
Base formoveregg · to overegg
3rd person singularovereggs
Present participleoveregging
Past simpleoveregged
Past participleoveregged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoveregg
he, she, itovereggs

Past simpleLesson

all personsoveregged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overegged
he, she, ithas overegged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overegg

Synonyms

3 synonyms
gild the lilygo overboardtake too far

Word family

1 related words
Derivedover-egged

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overdriveoverdueovereatoveremotionaloveremphasizeB2overestimateB2
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