Synonyms for overshot
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : adjective, noun oh-ver-shot; verb oh-ver-shot |
| Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun ˈoʊ vərˌʃɒt; verb ˌoʊ vərˈʃɒt |
Top 10 synonyms for overshot Other synonyms for the word overshot
- abandon
- be late for
- blow
- blunder
- botch
- cancel
- clear out
- cover
- cross out
- digress
- disregard
- drop
- drop the ball
- err
- evade
- fall flat on face
- fall short
- flub
- forget
- fumble
- go beyond
- ignore
- juggle
- let go
- let slip
- lose
- miscarry
- misfire
- mislay
- misplace
- miss
- muff
- neglect
- nullify
- omit
- overgrow
- overlook
- overshoot
- overspread
- overstep
- pass over
- pass up
- permeate
- run on
- run over
- slight
- slip
- spill
- spread like wildfire
- surge
- surpass
- swarm
- switch
- trip
- trip up
- undershoot
- well over
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for overshot
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