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Chew the scenery

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant. idiomatic

    "Near-synonym: camp it up"

Etymology

Its earliest reference is listed in the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang as being used by Mary Hallock Foote in Coeur D'Alene in 1894.http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001024

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