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Overreaching

verb
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
2.verbTo do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability.
3.verbOf a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.
4.verbTo deceive, to swindle.
5.verbTo sail on one tack farther than is necessary.
6.verbTo get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.
7.nounDeception

Synonyms

cheatdefraudboldvaultingdeceivingdeceptive advertisingmisleadingdouble-dealingovernegligenceovertrickdeceivanceself-deceit

Rhymes With

beseechingscreechingteachingbreechingpreachingreachingbleachingleeching
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