overreach (redirected from overreaches)

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 [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ]

vb

1. (tr) to defeat or thwart (oneself) by attempting to do or gain too much

2. (tr) to aim for but miss by going too far or attempting too much

3. to get the better of (a person) by trickery

4. (tr) to reach or extend beyond or over

5. (intr) to reach or go too far

6. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (intr) (of a horse) to strike the back of a forefoot with the edge of the opposite hind foot

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"

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overreach

overreach yourself try to be too clever, go too far, overdo it, bite off more than you can chew, be hoist with your own petard, have too many irons in the fire, defeat your own ends, have your schemes backfire or boomerang or rebound on you He overreached himself and lost much of his fortune.

Translations

overreach [ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ] VT to overreach o.s → ir más allá de las propias posibilidades
the company has overreached itself and made unwise investments → la compañía ha ido más allá de sus propias posibilidades y ha hecho inversiones poco sensatas

overreach over-reach [ˌəʊvə^rˈriːtʃ] vt
to overreach o.s. → vouloir trop en faire

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