What are some alternative words for overreach?
Synonyms for overreach
ˌoʊ vərˈritʃ
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Princeton's WordNet
overreach(verb)
fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
Synonyms:
beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, circumventoutwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent(verb)
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
Editors Contribution
a bridge too far
striving beyond the ability to support the latest goal.
their latest goal of one million subscribers of overreach.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3616 | shell | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#4807 | drum | |
#4910 | pound | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7123 | duck | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#8297 | surround | |
#9747 | pose | |
#10852 | tick | |
#11033 | tucker | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#14613 | flap | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#21866 | parry | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35306 | evade | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#41588 | thump | |
#43658 | quiver | |
#54523 | vex | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#64306 | elude | |
#77925 | outwit | |
#94911 | outsmart | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#141616 | besiege | |
#144808 | trounce | |
#158476 | overreach | |
#177091 | pulsate | |
#211488 | thrum | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#250539 | outmaneuver |
How to use overreach in a sentence?
He feels hugely remorseful for everything that's happened — for the injuries and the deaths — but he never intended to cause harm to anybody, it seems to be a bit of an overreach.
Today's victory is an important one, but the fight to reverse the President's unconstitutional overreach is not over, the President must respect the rule of law and fully obey the court's ruling.
The( administration's) lawless interpretation ignores the will of The Republican-controlled Congress in enacting Title IX, it's a clear case of federal overreach.
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.
This is about the power of the purse, and I think there needs to be a recognition that in our Constitution the power of the purse rests in Congress and us being able to influence where that money is spent, i think it is prudent and reasonable and just so long as we don't overreach and don't become extreme, I think there is a path there to come to a conclusion that everyone can agree to.
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