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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 | ||
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