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noun • extravagant exaggeration | ||||||||
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noun • extravagant exaggeration • the act of making something more noticeable than usual • making to seem more important than it really is | ||||||||
Exaggeration Overstatement Crossword Clue
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HYPERBOLE which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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HYPERBOLE
Updated: October 15, 2023
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