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overreaching
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Overreaching
(gcide) | Overreach \O`ver*reach"\ ([=o]`v[~e]r*r[=e]ch"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Overreached, (Overraught, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overreaching.]
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1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
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2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning;
to outwit; to cheat. --Shak.
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3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by
trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used
reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by
trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/
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overreaching
(wn) | overreaching
adj 1: revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the
heights; "vaulting ambition" [syn: overreaching,
vaulting] |
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Overreaching
(gcide) | Overreach \O`ver*reach"\ ([=o]`v[~e]r*r[=e]ch"), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Overreached, (Overraught, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Overreaching.]
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1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
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2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning;
to outwit; to cheat. --Shak.
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3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by
trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used
reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by
trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/
[PJC] |
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