Usually means: Overact with excessive dramatic flair.
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  1. chew the scenery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. chew the scenery: Wiktionary
  3. chew the scenery: Dictionary.com
  4. Chew the Scenery: The Word Detective
  5. Chew the scenery: World Wide Words

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  1. chew the scenery: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (chew the scenery)

verb:  (idiomatic, performing arts) To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.

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