overreach
verb (used with object)
to reach or extend over or beyond.
will overreach
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future tenseof overreach.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Asked to respond to the notion that Virginia Democrats will overreach and pave the way for a Republican comeback, Democratic Party of Virginia spokesman Jake Rubenstein said, “Bless their hearts.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2019
If consumer installment purchasing increases too rapidly now and after the steel strike, Saulnier fears U.S. consumers will overreach themselves, bring on a decline.
From Time Magazine Archive
I hope Mignon will overreach herself and get put out of the club.
From Marjorie Dean High School Senior by Josephine Chase
To burn your hands, you will overreach the bounds of reason in your struggles for wealth and fame, and lose thereby.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
