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Present participle for to overstate the importance of

Present participle for to speak or write effusively or with exaggerated enthusiasm

Verb

Present participle for to overstate the importance of

overemphasising^UK

overemphasizing^US

overdramatizing

making a big thing of

blowing up out of all proportion

making a federal case of

attaching too much importance to

laying it on with a trowel

making a mountain out of a molehill

laying too much stress on

making a big thing about

going on and on about

going over the top about

attaching too much weight to

blowing something out of all proportion

harping on about

placing too much emphasis on

laying it on thick

blowing out of proportion

making a production out of

catastrophizing

misrepresenting

stretching the truth

making a big thing out of

laying it on with a shovel

shooting a line

drawing the longbow

making a drama out of a crisis

flogging to death

hammering away at

laying too much emphasis on

discussing at length

magnifying importance

romanticizing^US

overexaggerating

romanticising^UK

going to extremes

piling it on about

laying it on thick about

laying it on with a trowel about

drawing the long bow

emphasizing too much

making a big deal out of something

making a song and dance about

melodramatizing

making a production of

chewing the scenery

overembellishing

making federal case

going overboard

overstating the case

blowing up out of proportion

expressing emotion

making a mountain out of

allowing too much for

overelaborating

getting carried away

giving someone a sob story

adding detail to

adding flesh to

exaggerating information

stretching a point

giving substance to

sending through the roof

sensationalizing^US

sensationalising^UK

gaining strength

adding insult to injury

rubbing salt in the wound

adding fuel to the flames

adding fuel to the fire

fanning the flames of

overcalculating

paying extravagant compliments

embellishing the truth

giving fulsome praise

laying on with a trowel

playing to gallery

playing to the gallery

going overboard with

making a performance of

giving color to

playing on heartstrings

making a thing of

making a thing about

theatricalizing

chewing up the scenery

growing quickly

putting emphasis on

focusing attention on

calling attention to

turning spotlight on

drawing attention to

bringing attention to

laying emphasis on

bringing to the fore

giving prominence to

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Verb

Present participle for to speak or write effusively or with exaggerated enthusiasm

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making troubled

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making time with

making time for

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