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overreaching

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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.
over·reach n.
over·reacher n.
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Adj.1.overreaching - revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"
vaulting
bold - fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"
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Here Buto, the rhinoceros, blundered blindly in his solitary majesty, while by night the great cats paced silently upon their padded feet beneath the dense canopy of overreaching trees toward the broad plain beyond, where they found their best hunting.
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(without in the least suspecting it) have ended in overreaching himself.
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