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Adjective: overreaching  ,ow-vu(r)'ree-ching
  1. Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
    "overreaching ambition";
    - vaulting
Verb: overreach  ,ow-vu(r)'reech
  1. Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
    "The company overreached in its expansion plans and went bankrupt"
     
  2. Beat through cleverness and wit
    "The smaller company overreached its larger competitor";
    - outwit, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent, outthink

See also: bold

Type of: exceed, fail, go wrong, miscarry, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass

Encyclopedia: Overreaching