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overreact verb [ əʊvərɪˈakt ]

• respond more emotionally or forcibly than is justified.
• "the Authority are urging people not to overreact to the problem"
Similar: get upset over nothing, react disproportionately, get overexcited, go too far, act irrationally, lose one's sense of proportion, exaggerate, make something out of nothing, go over the top,
Opposite: be impassive, be cool,


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