overreach
verb/ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ/
/ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃ/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overreach | /ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ/ /ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃ/ |
| he / she / it overreaches | /ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃɪz/ /ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃɪz/ |
| past simple overreached | /ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃt/ /ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃt/ |
| past participle overreached | /ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃt/ /ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃt/ |
| -ing form overreaching | /ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃɪŋ/ |
- overreach (yourself) to fail by trying to achieve more than is possible
- In making these promises, the company had clearly overreached itself.
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