The phrase "exaggerate the consequences" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing situations where the outcomes or effects of an action are being overstated or blown out of proportion.
Example: "Some people tend to exaggerate the consequences of climate change, making it seem more dire than it actually is."
Alternatives: "overstate the effects" or "amplify the repercussions."
The researchers say the study puts to bed claims that climate scientists have exaggerated the consequences of global warming.
The Republican House majority leader, Eric Cantor, accused Obama of exaggerating the consequences, describing as "false choices" the scenarios being presented by the president.
The warnings are likely to prompt the familiar riposte from Brexit campaigners that their opponents are exaggerating the consequences of leaving the EU and running "Project Fear"to scare voters into staying in.
Brexit campaigners have accused their opponents of exaggerating the consequences of leaving the EU and claimed the remain activists are running a "Project Fear" intent on scaring voters into staying in the EU.
How powerless one feels over the quality of his sleep; how realistic his expectations; and whether he exaggerates the consequences of sleeping poorly — these have all been shown to correlate with the severity of an insomniac's complaints.
Elisabeth de Bourbon, a spokeswoman for the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission, which is working to establish the historic district, acknowledged that landmark status might add cost and time but said critics were exaggerating the consequences.
Supporters of the media ownership rules said the critics had exaggerated the harmful consequences of further industry consolidation.
Some Republicans have been saying the president is exaggerating the negative consequences of sequestration.
Demea objects that Cleanthes exaggerates the dire consequences of acknowledging the human condition, and, despite his earlier vehement rejection of theodicies, offers his own.
On the other hand, all the affected countries are keenly interested in exaggerating the health consequences, taking into account the extensive Western investment in the relief of Chernobyl victims and in dealing with the still-problematic damaged reactor.
