overreaching
verb
- 1
To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
- 2
To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability.
- 3
Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
- 4
To deceive, to swindle.
- 5
To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
- 6
To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.
noun
- 1
Deception
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