Synonyms for overreaching
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-reech |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈritʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for overreaching Other synonyms for the word overreaching
Définition of overreaching
Origin :- c.1300, "to reach above or beyond" (transitive), from over- + reach (v.). Meaning "to extend over something, to cover it" is from c.1400. Sense of "to reach beyond one's strength" is from 1560s. As a noun from 1550s. Related: Overreached; overreaching.
- verb exceed
- verb outwit
- verb spread over
- She saw he was in deadly earnest, but believed he was overreaching himself.
- Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
- A boy who proposes to go as far as he can is in the way of overreaching himself.
- Extract from : « Billy Topsail, M.D. » by Norman Duncan
- I act as a conscious enemy, overreaching them and utilizing their heedlessness.
- Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
- Three things that ruin every chief: falsehood, overreaching, parricide.
- Extract from : « The Triads of Ireland » by Kuno Meyer
- He was covetous, and never missed an opportunity of overreaching his neighbour.
- Extract from : « Arthur Mervyn » by Charles Brockden Brown
- Both of them were fearfully anxious for the result that was pending, and each had his plan for overreaching the other.
- Extract from : « The Young Lieutenant » by Oliver Optic
- By this adjective 'smart' is to be understood 'sharp, overreaching'—in fact, a cleverness verging upon safe dishonesty. '
- Extract from : « Cedar Creek » by Elizabeth Hely Walshe
- In buying and selling, the law of nations connives at some cunning and overreaching in respect of the price.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various
- He seemed a man who would drive careful bargains, but who was too large-minded and honest to be mean or overreaching.
- Extract from : « The King's Men » by Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. Dale, and John T. Wheelwright
- He worked hard and enjoyed his work, on the sole condition that he was engaged in overreaching someone.
- Extract from : « Demos » by George Gissing
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