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Adjective overreaching has 1 sense
- overreaching, vaulting - revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"
Antonym: timid (indirect, via bold)
Verb overreach has 2 senses
- overreach - fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
--1 is one way to fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
- outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent - beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
--2 is one way to surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot overreach Sue
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