About The Word Overreach
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Overreach
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What's The Definition Of Overreach?
[v] beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
[v] fail by aiming too high or trying too hard Synonyms | Synonyms for Overreach: beat | circumvent | outfox | outsmart | outwit Related Terms | Find terms related to Overreach: aggrandize | amplify | ballyhoo | bamboozle | beat | beguile | betray | bilk | bluff | build up | burlesque | cajole | caricature | carry too far | cheat on | chouse | circumvent | conjure | cozen | deceive | defraud | delude | diddle | do | double-cross | draw the longbow | dupe | elude | evade | exaggerate | exceed | flimflam | foil | forestall | frustrate | gammon | get around | get round | give the runaround | give the slip | go beyond | go one better | go to extremes | gull | gyp | have | hoax | hocus-pocus | hornswaggle | humbug | hyperbolize | juggle | lay it on | let down | magnify | make much of | mock | outfigure | outflank | outfox | outgeneral | outguess | outmaneuver | outplay | outreach | outsmart | outwit | overcharge | overdo | overdraw | overestimate | overgo | overjump | overleap | overpass | overpraise | overreact | overrun | oversell | overshoot | overshoot the field | overshoot the mark | overspeak | overstate | overstep | overstress | overstride | pass | pass the buck | pigeon | pile it on | play one false | puff | put something over | snow | stonewall | stretch | stretch the truth | string along | superabound | surpass | take in | talk big | talk in superlatives | tout | transcend | travesty | trick | two-time | undo | victimize See Also | exceed | fail | go wrong | miscarry | outdo | outgo | outmatch | outstrip | surmount | surpass Overreach In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \O"ver*reach`\, n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses. |
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