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English Dictionary: overreaching	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for overreaching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overreaching adj revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition" Synonym(s): overreaching, vaulting
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.