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[ verb ] fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

In the light of those events , there appeared to be a real danger that Premier_Khrushchev might overreach himself .

(Tracts published by American Tract Society,...)

In one thing the higher critics , like the modernists , however , overreached themselves , in claiming that the Gospel of John was not written in John 's time but well after the first century , perhaps as late as 150 A._D. .

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fail

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[ verb ] beat through cleverness and wit

Examples

"I beat the traffic" "She outfoxed her competitors"

Used in print

(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

However , it determined that neither this factor , nor `` the fact that all concerned in high executive posts in both companies acted honorably and fairly , each in the honest conviction that his actions were in the best interests of his own company and without any design to overreach anyone , including du_Pont 's competitors '' , 353_U._S._,_at_607 , outweighed the Government 's claim for relief .

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surpass beat

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