Antonyms for overshot

Grammar : Verb

Spell : adjective, noun oh-ver-shot; verb oh-ver-shot

Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun ˈoʊ vərˌʃɒt; verb ˌoʊ vərˈʃɒt

Definition of overshot

Origin : 1530s, in reference to water-wheels, "driven by water shot over from above," past participle adjective from overshoot.

As in jump : verb omit, avoid
As in miss : verb fail, make a mistake
As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed

Example sentences :

The huntsmen, in their haste, overshot the place of his concealment.
Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop

Sometimes we overshot the target, but more often we were short of it.
Extract from : « High Adventure » by James Norman Hall

A shade later, and they must have overshot the mark; a shade sooner, and a miss.
Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant

But Wanaha in her womanish enthusiasm had overshot her mark.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

I saw I had overshot the mark: when he takes that tone, you are nowhere.
Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol

We have overshot our time, and the captain is signalling us to make haste.
Extract from : « The World of Ice » by R.M. Ballantyne

I had already thrown four grenades, but all of them had overshot the mark.
Extract from : « A German deserter's war experience » by Anonymous

Perhaps he might have overshot himself in the course of his perseverance.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I » by Tobias Smollett

Hes going to land and both Bill and I have overshot the field!
Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane » by Dorothy Wayne

There was something in all this that, as it were, overshot the mark.
Extract from : « Bride of Lammermoor » by Sir Walter Scott

Synonyms for overshot

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