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overreaching

 
Adjective overreaching has 1 sense
  1. overreaching, vaulting - revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"
    Antonym: timid (indirect, via bold)
Verb overreach has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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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