GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Overshoot (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.]
   1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, “to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf”. “Not to overshoot his game.”  South.
   
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   2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, “to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration”.
   
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   2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.  Hartle.
   
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   3. To exceed; as, “to overshoot the truth”.  Cowper.
   
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   To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
   
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   Overshoot, v. i. To fly beyond the mark.  Collier.
   
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