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English Dictionary: overreach	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for overreach
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overreach v fail by aiming too high or trying too hard beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" Synonym(s): outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overreach \O`ver*reach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overreached}, ({Overraught}, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Overreaching}.] 1. To reach above or beyond in any direction. 2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overreach \O`ver*reach"\, 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. 2. To cheat by cunning or deception.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overreach \O"ver*reach`\, n. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.