Verb: overreach ,ow-vu(r)'reech
- Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
"The company overreached in its expansion plans and went bankrupt"
- Beat through cleverness and wit
"The smaller company overreached its larger competitor";
- outwit, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent, outthink
Derived forms: overreached, overreaching, overreaches
Type of: exceed, fail, go wrong, miscarry, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass