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overreach

over·reach

UK/ˈəʊvə(ˌ)ɹiːt͡ʃ/ US/ˈoʊvə(ɹ)ˌɹit͡ʃ/ fairly common

verb

1.

fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

2.

beat through cleverness and wit

  • “I beat the traffic”
  • “She outfoxed her competitors”
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Origin

The verb is from Middle English overrechen (“to rise above; to extend beyond or over; to encroach; to catch, overtake; to reach; to obtain wrongfully (?); to take up (a book) to revise it”) [and other forms], equivalent to over- + reach; the noun is derived from the verb or from the phrase to reach over.

Phrases

  • overreach boot

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