'overreach' definitions:
Definition of 'overreach'
(from WordNet)
verb
Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
verb
Beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" [syn: outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent]
Synonyms of 'overreach'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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