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  1. overplay one's hand: Merriam-Webster
  2. overplay one's hand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overplay one's hand, overplay one's hand: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overplay one's hand: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (overplay one's hand)

verb:  (card games) To bet too much or play too aggressively based on one's excessive optimism in the quality of their cards.
verb:  (figurative, by extension) To act too boldly due to overestimating one's advantage.


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