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overblow

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Verb

  1. To cover with blossoms or flowers.
  2. To blow over or across.
  3. To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
  4. To exaggerate the significance of something.
  5. To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
  6. Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
  7. Of the wind: to blow very hard, often resulting in ships unable to carry full sail.
  8. To blow over; pass over; pass away.

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