What does "overreach" mean?
Overreach: To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak.
- 3.To cheat by cunning or deception.
- 4.The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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