overshoot
verb (used with object)
have overshot
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present perfectof overshoot.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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Landlords raced to build or buy sound stages to accommodate all the production, and they may have overshot the mark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Mr Hollingworth said some lenders may have "overshot" when setting their mortgage rates during the summer as the Bank rate was rising.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2023
Mr. Clinton wrote in a foreword to the book that “our nation has too many people in prison and for too long — we have overshot the mark.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2015
In a foreword to a new book of essays from the Brennan Center for Justice, he wrote that “we have overshot the mark.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2015
“I think we must have overshot the mark.”
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
