Antonyms for overshooting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb oh-ver-shoot; noun oh-ver-shoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈʃut; noun ˈoʊ vərˌʃut |
Definition of overshooting
Origin :- mid-14c., "to shoot, run, or pass beyond (a point or limit)," over- + shoot (v.). Related: Overshot; overshooting.
- As in jump : verb omit, avoid
- As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
- As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed
- Talpers realized that he had been betrayed into overshooting his mark.
- Extract from : « Mystery Ranch » by Arthur Chapman
- I realized somehow that I was overshooting and let up on the stick.
- Extract from : « Test Pilot » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
- The overshooting appears to be greater for the greater intensity of the stimulus.
- Extract from : « Visual Illusions » by Matthew Luckiesh
- The mistakes he made, and they were many and grievous, were mostly due to overshooting his mark, sometimes to underrating it.
- Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- The Bonapartist officers, overshooting the mark, irritated moderate Republicans.
- Extract from : « History of the Commune of 1871 » by P. Lissagary
- This is overshooting the mark, and is an exaggeration even a hundred years after the date assigned.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849 » by Various
- We kept as little way as possible on our boat, determined not to lose time again by overshooting our mark.
- Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed
- An overcasting or overshooting of the truth; as, The train went as swift as lightning.
- Extract from : « An Outline of English Speech-craft » by William Barnes
- Jimmy knew he was overshooting too much to dare attempt to kill his surplus speed by fish-tailing.
- Extract from : « The Flying Reporter » by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss
- The soldiers must stick their rifles out under the wire, which prevents their overshooting in the night.
- Extract from : « Over the Front in an Aeroplane and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches » by Ralph Pulitzer
Synonyms for overshooting
- abandon
- be late for
- beset
- blow
- blunder
- botch
- cancel
- choke
- clear out
- cover
- cross out
- deluge
- digress
- disregard
- drop
- drop the ball
- err
- evade
- fall flat on face
- fall short
- flub
- forget
- fumble
- go beyond
- ignore
- inundate
- invade
- juggle
- leave
- let go
- let slip
- lose
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- muff
- neglect
- nullify
- omit
- overflow
- overgrow
- overlook
- overshoot
- overspread
- overstep
- overwhelm
- pass over
- pass up
- permeate
- ravage
- run on
- run over
- skip
- slight
- slip
- spill
- spread like wildfire
- surge
- surpass
- swarm
- switch
- trip
- trip up
- undershoot
- well over
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