What is the meaning of exaggerate?

To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
- usage: "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
- synonyms: overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify
Do something to an excessive degree.
- usage: "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"
- synonyms: overdo

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