to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos. to put too much stress on the value or importance of: A charitable biographer had overplayed the man's piety and benevolence.

What does overplaying it mean?

transitive verb. 1a : to present (a dramatic role) extravagantly : exaggerate. b : to place too much emphasis on. 2 : to rely too much on the strength of —usually used in the phrase overplay one's hand.

What does it mean to overlay something?

transitive verb. 1a : to lay or spread over or across : superimpose. b : to prepare an overlay for.