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past tense of overreach
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1
to get the better of through cleverness
- a real estate developer who is always trying to overreach his competitors, fair means or foul
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2
to go beyond the limit of
- the mountain climbers overreached their abilities and paid for it dearly
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“Overreached.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overreached. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
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