Overreach



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 做事过头
• ［英］ v. 做事过头 ( to reach or stretch beyond)
• ［记］ over ( 过分) +reach ( 伸出) ; 参考: overreach one's authority ( 越权)
• ［例］ overreach one's authority ( 越权)

Webster Collegiate

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to reach above or beyond ; overtop
  • 2. to defeat (oneself) by seeking to do or gain too much
  • 3. to get the better of especially in dealing and bargaining and typically by unscrupulous or crafty methods
• intransitive verb
  • 1. of a horse to strike the forefoot with the front part of the hind foot
  • 2.
    • a. to go to excess
    • b. exaggerate
  • 3. to overreach oneself
• ? overreach noun
• ? overreacher noun

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