overreach

verb · nounB2

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verb
V_es/s
overreaches
V_ing/Gerund
overreaching
V_ed/pp
overreachedoverraught
  1. 1.

    (ambitransitive)To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.

    Đồng nghĩa: exceed, excel, forpass, go beyond, outcompass, outstep, outstrip, overgo, overpass, overreach, overstep, overstride, surpass, transgress, transcend, trespass

  2. 2.

    (ambitransitive, figuratively)To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability; to overextend.

  3. 3.

    (ambitransitive, reflexive)(ambitransitive, reflexive, equestrianism) Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.

  4. 4.

    (ambitransitive, archaic)(ambitransitive, now rare) To deceive, to swindle.

    Đồng nghĩa: cheat, defraud, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, lead astray, overreach, put on, spoof, sham, trick

  5. 5.

    (intransitive)(intransitive, nautical) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.

  6. 6.

    (archaic, transitive)To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
overreaches
  1. 1.

    (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable)(also figuratively) An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.

  2. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)(equestrianism) Of a horse: an act of striking the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot; an injury caused by this action.

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ine-pro The verb is from Middle English overrechen, equivalent to over- + reach; the noun is derived from the verb or from the phrase to reach over.

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