overreach
verb (used with object)
to reach or extend over or beyond.
has overreached
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present perfectof overreach (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"He has overreached in advertising something to end up getting what he actually wants. Maybe what he actually wants is a larger military presence and an offtake."
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
Despite grumbling among some officials who think Xi has overreached, that gathering is expected to ratify his continuing leadership.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
Even if the European Court of Justice eventually finds that she has overreached, her decision may well have the desired effect on corporate tax planning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2016
Although it has overreached at times, suffering a corporate near-death experience after a late-1990s debt binge, SCI is hungry once again.
From BusinessWeek ● Oct. 24, 2013
But you have been mistaken, Fouche; this reckoning does not do—your cunning has overreached itself.
From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
