English-Dutch translations for over the top

• overdreven
  Ik ben van mening dat ze overdreven is en de plank misslaat. I think it is over the top and misguided.
  Niemand van ons wil dat er overdreven wordt in de beschrijving van de gevaren. None of us wants to go over the top in our descriptions of the dangers.
  Laten we daarom, bij de behandeling van dit verslag, proberen de zaken niet te overdrijven en om niet al te overdreven eisen te stellen. Therefore, in dealing with the amendments to this report, let us try not to exaggerate and not to go over the top with our demands.
• te veel van het goede

Definition of over the top

• Bold; beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous
• Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device
• Over the parapet of a trench, especially at the start of a futile attack

Examples

• He has always had an independent style, but dont you think purple spiky hair is a bit over the top?
• The men were sent over the top to their certain death.

Related words

• over there
• overcast weather
• over the moon
• over the counter
• over the hill
• over the knee boot
• over the course of
• overstep the mark
• overshoot the mark