3syllables
overreaching
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Definitions ofoverreaching
1verb
- To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
- To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability.
- Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
- To deceive, to swindle.
- To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
- To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.
1noun
- Deception
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