overstand

American  

[oh-ver-stand] / ˌoʊ vərˈstænd /

verb (used without object)

Nautical.

overstood, overstanding

1. overreach.

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Etymology

Origin of overstand

1300–50; Middle English overstonden to stand over or by; see over-, stand

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

overstand overstanding overstood

Sometimes, however, they overstand their market, and suffer by refusing the first offers made.

From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by Davidson, G. F.

And I’m like, Oh my God, these people are all overstanding.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2021

And I'm like, Oh my God, these people are all overstanding.

From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2021

There I was overstanding her and her offspring; and what was must be.

From Lore of Proserpine by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Superstitio may have indicated only the overstanding of the phenomenon, the pause necessary for its deliberate inspection.

From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Bergen, Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson)

The House, having met as usual in the morning, and transacted some overstanding business, rose about two o'clock to meet his Highness in the Painted Chamber.

From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David

Twice in a row, we overstood the windward marks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Doubtless he found, when he discovered George had gone, that he had "overstood the market."

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William

The fig-tree here mentioned was blessed with the application of means, had time allowed it to receive the nourishment; but it outstood, withstood, overstood all, all that the husbandman did, all that the vine-dresser did.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John