Overreach

[o·ver·reach]

Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

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To reach above or beyond in any direction.

Verb
beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

Verb
fail by aiming too high or trying too hard


v. t.
To reach above or beyond in any direction.

v. t.
To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.

v. i.
To reach too far

v. i.
To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.

v. i.
To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.

v. i.
To cheat by cunning or deception.

n.
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.


Overreach

O`ver*reach" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overreached , (Overraught , obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.] 1. To reach above or beyond in any direction. 2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.

Overreach

O`ver*reach", v. i. 1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak. 2. To cheat by cunning or deception.

Overreach

O"ver*reach` , n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.

To reach above or beyond in any direction.

To reach too far

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Usage Examples

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

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