Synonyms for overreaching


Grammar : Verb
Spell : oh-ver-reech
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈritʃ

Top 10 synonyms for overreaching Other synonyms for the word overreaching

Définition of overreaching

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to reach above or beyond" (transitive), from over- + reach (v.). Meaning "to extend over something, to cover it" is from c.1400. Sense of "to reach beyond one's strength" is from 1560s. As a noun from 1550s. Related: Overreached; overreaching.
  • verb exceed
  • verb outwit
  • verb spread over
Example sentences :
  • She saw he was in deadly earnest, but believed he was overreaching himself.
  • Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
  • A boy who proposes to go as far as he can is in the way of overreaching himself.
  • Extract from : « Billy Topsail, M.D. » by Norman Duncan
  • I act as a conscious enemy, overreaching them and utilizing their heedlessness.
  • Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
  • Three things that ruin every chief: falsehood, overreaching, parricide.
  • Extract from : « The Triads of Ireland » by Kuno Meyer
  • He was covetous, and never missed an opportunity of overreaching his neighbour.
  • Extract from : « Arthur Mervyn » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • Both of them were fearfully anxious for the result that was pending, and each had his plan for overreaching the other.
  • Extract from : « The Young Lieutenant » by Oliver Optic
  • By this adjective 'smart' is to be understood 'sharp, overreaching'—in fact, a cleverness verging upon safe dishonesty. '
  • Extract from : « Cedar Creek » by Elizabeth Hely Walshe
  • In buying and selling, the law of nations connives at some cunning and overreaching in respect of the price.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various
  • He seemed a man who would drive careful bargains, but who was too large-minded and honest to be mean or overreaching.
  • Extract from : « The King's Men » by Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. Dale, and John T. Wheelwright
  • He worked hard and enjoyed his work, on the sole condition that he was engaged in overreaching someone.
  • Extract from : « Demos » by George Gissing
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