GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Overreach (ōˌvẽr‑rēchˈ), 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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   Overreach, v. i.
   1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.  Shak.
   
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   2. To cheat by cunning or deception.
   
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   Overreach (ōˈvẽr‑rēchˌ), n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
   
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