overreach 音标拼音: ['ovɚr
, itʃ]
vt . 扩展…以上,过度伸张,走过头
vi . 过分,过火,以后足踢前足
扩展…以上,过度伸张,走过头过分,过火,以後足踢前足
overreach v 1 :
fail by aiming too high or trying too hard 2 :
beat through cleverness and wit ; "
I beat the traffic "; "
She outfoxed her competitors " [
synonym : {
outwit }, {
overreach },
{
outsmart }, {
outfox }, {
beat }, {
circumvent }]
Overreach \
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n .
The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot ; --
said of horses .
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1913 Webster ]
Overreach \
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reach "\ ([=
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v [~
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r *
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v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Overreached }, ({
Overraught },
obs .);
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Overreaching }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
To reach above or beyond in any direction .
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2 .
To deceive ,
or get the better of ,
by artifice or cunning ;
to outwit ;
to cheat . --
Shak .
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3 .
To defeat one '
s own purpose by trying to do too much or by trying too hard or with excessive eagerness ; --
used reflexively ;
as ,
the candidate overreached himself by trying to plant false rumors ,
which backfired /
[
PJC ]
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To cheat by cunning or deception .
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1913 Webster ]
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "
overreach ":
aggrandize ,
amplify ,
ballyhoo ,
bamboozle ,
beat ,
beguile ,
betray ,
bilk ,
bluff ,
build up ,
burlesque ,
cajole ,
caricature ,
carry too far ,
cheat on ,
chouse ,
circumvent ,
conjure ,
cozen ,
deceive ,
defraud ,
delude ,
diddle ,
do ,
double -
cross ,
draw the longbow ,
dupe ,
elude ,
evade ,
exaggerate ,
exceed ,
flimflam ,
foil ,
forestall ,
frustrate ,
gammon ,
get around ,
get round ,
give the runaround ,
give the slip ,
go beyond ,
go one better ,
go to extremes ,
gull ,
gyp ,
have ,
hoax ,
hocus -
pocus ,
hornswaggle ,
humbug ,
hyperbolize ,
juggle ,
lay it on ,
let down ,
magnify ,
make much of ,
mock ,
outfigure ,
outflank ,
outfox ,
outgeneral ,
outguess ,
outmaneuver ,
outplay ,
outreach ,
outsmart ,
outwit ,
overcharge ,
overdo ,
overdraw ,
overestimate ,
overgo ,
overjump ,
overleap ,
overpass ,
overpraise ,
overreact ,
overrun ,
oversell ,
overshoot ,
overshoot the field ,
overshoot the mark ,
overspeak ,
overstate ,
overstep ,
overstress ,
overstride ,
pass ,
pass the buck ,
pigeon ,
pile it on ,
play one false ,
puff ,
put something over ,
snow ,
stonewall ,
stretch ,
stretch the truth ,
string along ,
superabound ,
surpass ,
take in ,
talk big ,
talk in superlatives ,
tout ,
transcend ,
travesty ,
trick ,
two -
time ,
undo ,
victimize
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