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O`ver*reach" (&ō;`v&etilde_;r*r&ē;ch"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overreached (?), (Overraught (&unr_;), obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.]
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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/
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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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2. To cheat by cunning or deception.
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O"ver*reach` (&ō;"v&etilde_;r*r&ē;ch`), 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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