overreaching

Meanings

• Behaving or acting beyond the bounds of what is normal, appropriate, or reasonable.

  - "Despite being warned, the company continued to expand its operations, overreaching its financial resources and leading to bankruptcy."
  - "The student's ambitious plan to complete all the coursework in one semester proved to be an overreach, resulting in poor performance in multiple courses."

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Synonyms

cheat , defraud

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with overreaching
beaching , preaching , reaching , teaching

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Homophones

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1. overreach, overspread, oversee, oversight
   

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Variants

List of all variants of overreaching that leads to same result
overreach , overreached , overreacher , overreachers , overreaches , overreaching

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Forms

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overreach (verb), overreaching (adjective), overreaches (noun, plural), overreaching (noun, singular)

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Etymology

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From Old English 'oferreccan', meaning 'to go beyond, to exceed'.

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Culture

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In literature and art, the concept of 'overreaching' is often used to explore themes of ambition, desire, hubris, and the consequences of going beyond what is normal, appropriate, or reasonable.

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