Antonyms for overreach
ˌoʊ vərˈritʃover·reach

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1. overreachverb

   fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

   Synonyms:
   beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, circumvent

2. outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumventverb

   beat through cleverness and wit

   "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

   Synonyms:
   baffle, exhaust, stupefy, elude, circumvent, stick, perplex, vanquish, get, mystify, outfox, fudge, flummox, beat, surround, outwit, tick, sidestep, hem in, nonplus, trounce, besiege, pulsate, drum, parry, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, duck, beat out, dodge, gravel, thump, evade, ticktack, put off, thrum, hedge, outmaneuver, ticktock, amaze, quiver, outmanoeuvre, pound, work over, puzzle, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, beleaguer, wash up, skirt, outsmart, pose, scramble, shell

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1. overreachverb

   Synonyms:
   outwit, dupe, swindle, cheat

How to use overreach in a sentence?

1. President Barack Obama:

   We must always resist the overreach that comes when we make decisions based upon fear.

2. Cris Thomas:

   Unfortunately that concern is manifesting itself in what some researchers feel is government overreach. This overreach is having a chilling effect on researchers many of whom have decided to no longer publish their findings or even worse stop researching all together, in some cases security researchers have taken to selling their information to anyone that will pay for them instead of openly publishing information.

3. Todd Russ:

   Oklahoma's at the point where we have decided we are drawing a line today and sidestepping the government’s overreach.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   The House version is going nowhere in the Senate, it's basically typical Democratic overreach to try to control everything in Washington. We have no interest in that.

5. Pat McCrory:

   The basic expectation of privacy in the most personal of settings, a restroom or locker room, for each gender was violated by government overreach and intrusion by the mayor and city council of Charlotte.

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