“out-of-proportion”

The following 3 entries include the term out-of-proportion.

blow out of proportion

idiom

: to cause (something) to become larger than it should be or to be treated as something worse or more important than it really is

get out of proportion

idiom

: to become larger, worse, or more important (than something really is or should be)

out of proportion with

idiom

: lacking the correct or appropriate relationship with the size, shape, or position of (some other part of the same thing)


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