go to extremes (?.)
- aggrandize
- amplify
- ballyhoo
- build up
- burlesque
- caricature
- carry too far
- draw the longbow
- exaggerate
- exhaust
- go overboard
- go too far
- hyperbolize
- know no bounds
- lay it on
- magnify
- make much of
- overact
- overcarry
- overcharge
- overdevelop
- overdo
- overdraw
- overdrive
- overelaborate
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- overexercise
- overexert
- overexpend
- overindulge
- overlabor
- overplay
- overpraise
- overreach
- overreact
- oversell
- overspeak
- overspend
- overstate
- overstrain
- overstress
- overstudy
- overtask
- overtax
- overtrain
- overuse
- overwork
- pass all bounds
- pile it on
- protest too much
- puff
- stretch
- stretch the truth
- talk big
- talk in superlatives
- tout
- travesty
