Definition of Overreached

1. Verb. (past of overreach) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overreached

1. overreach [v] - See also: overreach

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overreached

overrack
overracks
overrake
overraked
overrakes
overraking
overran
overrank
overrash
overrate
overrated
overratedness
overrates
overrating
overreached (current term)
overreacher
overreachers
overreaches
overreaching
overreachingly
overreact
overreacted
overreacting
overreaction
overreactions
overreacts
overread
overreadiness
overreading

Literary usage of Overreached

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fall of Abd-Ul-Hamid by Francis McCullagh (1910)
"CHAPTER X HOW THE GRAND ASSASSIN overreached HIMSELF A BD-UL-HAMID thought that these murders would rid /\ him of the Committee leaders, paralyze his ..."

2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"... OVERREACH overreached. BY PHILIP MASSINGER. (From "A New Way to pay Old Debts. ... overreached ..."

3. Extraordinary Cases by Henry Lauren Clinton (1896)
"A CURIOUS INCIDENT Amusing Way in which Mr. Clinton overreached Himself in the Conduct of a Trial. THE PHYSICIAN WHO HAD A WIFE CURIOUS CASE OF A CLERGYMAN ..."

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