overreach

o·ver·reach  (vr-rch)

v. o·ver·reached, o·ver·reach·ing, o·ver·reach·es

v.tr.

1. To reach or extend over or beyond.

2. To miss by reaching too far or attempting too much: overreach a goal.

3. To defeat (oneself) by going too far or by doing or trying to gain too much.

4. To get the better of, especially by deceitful cleverness; outwit.

v.intr.

1. To reach or go too far.

2. To overreach oneself.

3. To outwit or cheat others.

4. To strike the front part of a hind foot against the rear or side part of a forefoot or foreleg on the same side of the body. Used of a horse.

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over·reach n.

over·reacher n.

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overreach

Verb

overreach oneself to fail by trying to be too clever or achieve too much: he built up a successful media empire before he overreached himself and lost much of his fortune

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	overreach - fail by aiming too high or trying too hard go wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
	2.	overreach - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" outsmart, outwit, circumvent, outfox, beat beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"

Translations

overreach [əuvəˈriːtʃ] vt to overreach o.s → ir demasiado lejos, pasarse

overreach [əuvəˈriːtʃ] vt to overreach o.s. → sich übernehmen

overreach [əuvəˈriːtʃ] vt to overreach o.s. → volere strafare