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Verb: overdraw (overdrew,overdrawn)  ,ow-vu(r)'dro
  1. Draw more money from than is available
    "She overdrew her account"
     
  2. Describe or represent something in a way that makes it seem larger, better or more important than it actually is
    "The novelist overdrew the character's villainous nature";
    - overstate, exaggerate, hyperbolize, hyperbolise [Brit], magnify, amplify

Derived forms: overdraws, overdrew, overdrawing, overdrawn

Type of: disinform, draw, draw off, misinform, mislead, take out, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Overdraw