Meaning of OVERREACH
| Pronunciation: | | `owvur'reech
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- [v] beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
- [v] fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
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OVERREACH is a 9 letter word that starts with O. |
| | Synonyms: | | beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit |
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| | See Also: | | exceed, fail, go wrong, miscarry, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outstrip, surmount, surpass | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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