"overreaching" in the verb sense
1. overreach
fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
2. outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic"
"She outfoxed her competitors"
"overreaching" in the adjective sense
1. overreaching, vaulting
revealing excessive self-confidence reaching for the heights
"vaulting ambition"
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