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单词 to strong it
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to strong it
3. transitive. slang. to strong it: to behave excessively, to overdo things, (also) to exaggerate.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > speak or do with exaggeration [phrase]
to go beyond the moon?c1430
to cast beyond the moon1559
to lay on load?1562
to lay it on with a trowela1616
all (his) geese are swans1621
to draw (also pull, shoot) the long bow1667
to lay it on thick1740
to sling (also fling, throw) the hatchet1778
to come it1796
to make a thing about (also of)1813
to draw with the long-bow1823
to pitch it strong1823
to overegg the pudding1845
to put (spread, etc.) it on thick1865
to god it1870
to strong it1964
to stretch it (or things)1965
1964 New Statesman 10 Apr. 555/2 ‘To strong it’ means to overdo something, like taking more than 30 purple hearts in one night.
1970 G. F. Newman Sir, You Bastard iii. 108 Don't you think that's stronging it?
2000 J. J. Connolly Layer Cake 87 The secret..is not to strong it. Go gentle, play it simple and don't become a caricature.
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