"overreach : (transitive, intransitive) To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive..."
“overreach : (transitive, intransitive) To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one’s ability.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive, equestrianism) Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To deceive, to swindle.
(intransitive, nautical) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
(transitive, archaic) To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.”
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overreach#English
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(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one’s ability.
(transitive, intransitive, reflexive, equestrianism) Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To deceive, to swindle.
(intransitive, nautical) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
(transitive, archaic) To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.”
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overreach#English
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