English verb: overreach | |||
1. | overreach (social) fail by aiming too high or trying too hard | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fail, go wrong, miscarry | ||
2. | overreach (competition) beat through cleverness and wit | ||
Samples | I beat the traffic. She outfoxed her competitors. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot overreach Sue | ||
Synonyms | beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass | ||
Verb group | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||