overplay hand

overplay your hand

to do more than you should I think people did want change, but the mayor may have overplayed his hand by making so many changes so quickly.

overplay your hand

(mainly American)

to try to get more advantages from a situation than you are likely to get I'm going to ask for promotion but I think it might be overplaying my hand to ask to work fewer hours as well.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sherah	SHEE-rə (English)	Biblical
Darla	DAHR-lə	English
Charlene	[ʃa:'li:n]
Orfeo	-	Italian, Spanish
Siddhi	-	Indian, Marathi
Mirica	-	Croatian