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ham it up
verb
exaggerate one's acting
Syn: ↑overact, ↑ham, ↑overplay
Ant: ↑underact (for: ↑overact)
Derivationally related forms: ↑ham (for: ↑ham), ↑hamming (for: ↑ham), ↑overacting (for: ↑overact)
Topics: ↑dramaturgy, ↑dramatic art, ↑dramatics, ↑theater, ↑theatre
Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑play, ↑roleplay, ↑playact
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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ham it up informal phrase
to act or behave in an artificial way with too much expression in your voice and movements, especially in order to make people laugh
Thesaurus: to make someone laughsynonym
Main entry: ham

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ham it up
informal : to act or behave in an exaggerated or playful way

She likes to ham it up for the camera.

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Main Entry:ham

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ˌham it ˈup idiom
(informal) (especially of actors) when people ham it up, they deliberately exaggerate their emotions or movements
Main entry:hamidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.