OVERSHOOT

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To shoot over or beyond. "Not to overshoot his game." South.

2.
v.

To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.

3.
v.

To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.

4.
v.

To fly beyond the mark. Collier.


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