Usually means: Add excessive embellishment or detail.
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▸ verb:  (transitive, idiomatic, originally UK, regional) Chiefly in over-egg the pudding: to spoil (something) by exaggerating it, or an aspect of it; to overdo.

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overflavour, egg crate, eggcrate, ocher, schmeer, shmear, feather-bed, shmeer, sugar-coat, braggle, more...

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overflavour, egg crate, eggcrate, ocher, schmeer, shmear, feather-bed, shmeer, sugar-coat, braggle, more...



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