overshoot
verb (used with object)
had overshot
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past perfectof overshoot.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But I was overly concerned that the post-tariff rebound had overshot, and it ended up going up a lot further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
In a statement issued in October, the KRA announced that it had overshot its first quarter revenue collection targets by $132bn.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2021
But he said that a weaker currency was the natural outcome of several years of high inflation, and although the rupee had overshot in the foreign exchange market its decline would bring some economic benefits.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2013
Apparently unwittingly, the United pilots had overshot their target without slowing much at all.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2010
With a vague uneasiness she realized the possibility that she had overshot the mark.
From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Harriet L. Smith
