Overreach
[əʊvə'riːtʃ] or [,ovɚ'ritʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To reach above or beyond in any direction.
(v. t.) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.
(v. i.) To reach too far
(v. i.) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses.
(v. i.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
(v. i.) To cheat by cunning or deception.
(n.) The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Editor: Yvonne
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Deceive, cheat, dupe, circumvent, defraud, swindle, cozen, bamboozle, gull, trick, victimize, diddle, chouse, take in, impose upon.
Typist: Thaddeus
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CIRCUMVENT]
Edited by Enrico
Definition
v.t. to reach or extend beyond: to cheat or get the better of.—v.i. to strike the hindfoot against the forefoot as a horse.
Edited by Astor