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overcompensate

 verb
     
o‧ver‧com‧pen‧sate [intransitive]
to try to correct a weakness or mistake by doing too much of the opposite thing
overcompensate for
Zoe overcompensates for her shyness by talking a lot.
—overcompensation noun [uncountable]
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