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overreach

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
overreach/əʊvəˈriːtʃ/

▶verb

1 reach too far.
■ (overreach oneself) try to do more than is possible.

2 (of a horse, dog, etc.) bring the hind feet so far forward that they fall alongside or strike the forefeet.

3 outwit.

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