What does "overshoot" mean?
Overshoot: To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.
Additional senses
- 2.To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
- 3.To fly beyond the mark. Collier.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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