overreach

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Synonyms: overreact, overread, overperch, overreacts, overrich, overready, oversearch, over-react, over react, overbleach, overcoach

Antonyms: overreact, overread, overperch, overreacts, overrich, overready, oversearch, over-react, over react, overbleach, overcoach

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Verb

{{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[reach#Verb|reach]] [[above]] or [[beyond]], especially to an [[excessive]] [[degree]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
{{lb|en|ambitransitive|figuratively}} To do something beyond an [[appropriate]] [[limit#Noun|limit]], or beyond one's [[ability]]; to [[overextend]].
{{lb|en|ambitransitive|reflexive|equestrianism}} Of a [[horse#Noun|horse]]: to [[strike#Verb|strike]] the [[heel#Noun|heel]] of a [[forefoot]] with the [[toe]] of a [[hindfoot]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
{{lb|en|ambitransitive|now|rare}} To [[deceive]], to [[swindle#Verb|swindle]].
{{lb|en|intransitive|nautical}} To [[sail#Verb|sail]] on one [[tack#Noun|tack]] farther than is [[necessary]].
{{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[get the better of]], especially by [[artifice]] or [[cunning]]; to [[outwit]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}

{{lb|en|also|figuratively}} An [[act#Noun|act]] of [[extend]]ing or [[reach#Verb|reaching]] over, especially if too [[far]] or too [[much]]; [[overextension]].
{{lb|en|equestrianism}} Of a [[horse#Noun|horse]]: an act of [[strike#Verb|striking]] the [[heel#Noun|heel]] of a [[forefoot]] with the [[toe]] of a [[hindfoot]]; an [[injury]] caused by this [[action]].

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