overplay one's hand
1overplay one's hand — ► overplay one s hand spoil one s chance of success through excessive confidence. Main Entry: ↑overplay …
2overplay one's hand — idi overplay one s hand, to overestimate the strength of one s position …
3overplay one's hand — 1) (in a card game) play or bet on one s hand with a mistaken optimism 2) spoil one s chance of success through excessive confidence in one s position …
4overplay one's hand — spoil one s chance of success through excessive confidence. → overpitched …
5overplay — ► VERB ▪ overemphasize. ● overplay one s hand Cf. ↑overplay one s hand …
6overplay — (v.) to emphasize (something) too much, 1930, a metaphor from card games, in to overplay (one s) hand, to spoil one s hand by bidding in excess of its value, from OVER (Cf. over) + PLAY (Cf. play) (v.) …
7overplay — [ō΄vər plā′, ō′vər plā΄] vt. 1. to overact, overdo, or overemphasize 2. to overestimate the strength of (one s hand in cards) and be defeated as a result: the phrase overplay one s hand is usually used figuratively …
8hand — I [[t]hæ̱nd[/t]] NOUN USES AND PHRASES ♦ hands (Please look at category 56 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N COUNT Your hands are the parts of your body at the end of your arms. Each hand has four …
9overplay — /oʊvəˈpleɪ / (say ohvuh play) verb (t) 1. to play (a part, etc.) in an exaggerated manner; overemphasise. 2. to defeat in playing. –verb (i) 3. to exaggerate one s part; overact, etc. –phrase 4. overplay one s hand, a. to overestimate the… …
10overplay — verb give undue importance to (something); overemphasize. Phrases overplay one s hand spoil one s chance of success through excessive confidence …
