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OVERREACHING
overreaching, vaulting
(adjective) revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; “vaulting ambition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
overreaching
present participle of overreach
Noun
overreaching (plural overreachings)
deception
Source: Wiktionary
OVERREACH
O`ver*reach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overreached, (Overraught (, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching.]
1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat. Shak.
O`ver*reach", v. i.
1. To reach too far; as: (a) To strike the toe of the hind foot against the heel or shoe of the forefoot; -- said of horses. (b) (Naut.) To sail on one tack farther than is necessary. Shak.
2. To cheat by cunning or deception.
O"ver*reach`, n.
Definition: The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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