The word "overplay" is correct and usable in written English
It is a verb that means to use or display something in an exaggerated or excessively prominent way. For example, you could say, "He overplayed his role in the project by taking credit for everyone's work."
I don't think it is possible to overplay the scary nature of this virus in that community, where people live in poverty, crowded together without even easily accessible water to wash their hands.
Suddenly that Peter Pan collar looked a lot less like a failsafe staple and a bit more of a risky overplay of the hand.
Even Pakistan's army chief suggests it is possible to overplay the threat from the giant next door.But no sooner were hopes of reconciliation kindled than violence erupted.
As a professor of the history of international relations, he tends to overplay the diplomacy and war and underplay the economics and domestic policy.The Thirty Years War was mainly fought in German territory, for instance, but the purpose of the Treaty of Westphalia that ended it surely went further than to "guard against German princes exercising untrammelled sovereignty".
Though consumers may be annoyed, Sony does not want to overplay the problem of overheating batteries.
America will remain the best place on earth to do business, so long as Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress resist the temptation to meddle too much, and so long as organised labour does not overplay its hand.The crisis will prove hugely disruptive, however.
He is a young president in a hurry, with a tendency to overplay his hand.
As before, they are sure to demand de facto independence, autonomy over finance, control over Kirkuk province, a fixed percentage of Iraqi revenues, and even control over Kurdistan's minerals.They must, however, be careful not to overplay their hand.
The good news for America is that it has the constitutional machinery to keep the marriage wars under control and enough people on both sides who realise that the best way to lose the argument is to overplay their hands.
Can a deal now be brokered, or will Turkey overplay its hand?
Some are asking, in private, why they should bother investing in real estate when the government is choking off potential rental revenue.Given that the government is the biggest developer in town (through firms like Emaar Properties, Dubai Holding and Nakheel), it would be wrong to overplay this fear.
