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overreach
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
overreaches; overreached; overreaching
overreaches; overreached; overreaching
Learner's definition of OVERREACH
: to try to do something that is beyond your ability to do试图做力所不及的事；不自量力
[no object]
- She overreaches in her latest book, and her argument is not convincing.在她的新书中，她过于好高骛远，说理难以服人。
[+ object]
- The company overreached itself and ran out of money after one year.这家公司把摊子铺得过大，一年之后钱就耗尽了。
Example Sentences
She overreaches in her latest book, and her argument is not convincing. The company overreached itself and ran out of money after one year.
Recent Examples on the Web But it’s winning politics — unless Democrats obnoxiously overreach. 
Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022 There are, however, two areas where Republicans could overreach. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 2 Sep. 2021 Do not overreach and erode the constitutional norms that were under assault that day. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 26 May 2021 State Planning Secretary Robert McCord said in a statement that the push to quell the commission’s development discussions came out of concerns that the state body might overreach into what should be a matter for local governments to handle. Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 21 Dec. 2021 While the prose may overreach on occasion, more often it conveys insight. David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 19 July 2021 Fischetti said any charges against the company based on fringe benefits would be overreach by prosecutors. Bernard Condon, ajc, 25 June 2021 Like many top puck-handlers (see: David Pastrnak), Hall can overreach when going one-on-one, but Cassidy didn’t say that has been a major issue. BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2021 They were intended to be cautionary tales, warning women not to overreach, but the author wonders what would happen if women were to stop reading them as warnings and instead embrace them as aspirations. Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2021 See More
Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022 There are, however, two areas where Republicans could overreach. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 2 Sep. 2021 Do not overreach and erode the constitutional norms that were under assault that day. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 26 May 2021 State Planning Secretary Robert McCord said in a statement that the push to quell the commission’s development discussions came out of concerns that the state body might overreach into what should be a matter for local governments to handle. Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 21 Dec. 2021 While the prose may overreach on occasion, more often it conveys insight. David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 19 July 2021 Fischetti said any charges against the company based on fringe benefits would be overreach by prosecutors. Bernard Condon, ajc, 25 June 2021 Like many top puck-handlers (see: David Pastrnak), Hall can overreach when going one-on-one, but Cassidy didn’t say that has been a major issue. BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2021 They were intended to be cautionary tales, warning women not to overreach, but the author wonders what would happen if women were to stop reading them as warnings and instead embrace them as aspirations. Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
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