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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   overreach

   • IPA[ˌōvə(r)ˈrēCH]

   美式

   • v.
     reach too far；defeat one's own purpose by trying to do more than is possible
   • n.
     an injury to a forefoot of a horse resulting from its having overreached.

   • verb: overreach, 3rd person present: overreaches, gerund or present participle: overreaching, past tense: overreached, past participle: overreached

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. reach too far never lean sideways from a ladder or overreach
   • ▪ defeat one's own purpose by trying to do more than is possible he was an arrogant egotist who overreached himself
   • ▪ (of a horse, dog, or other quadruped) bring the hind feet so far forward that they fall alongside or strike the forefeet the horse overreached jumping the first hurdle
   • 2. get the better of (someone) by cunning Faustus's lunacy in thinking he can overreach the devil

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an injury to a forefoot of a horse resulting from its having overreached.
3. • 更多解釋

   overreach

   • IPA[ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ]

   英式

   • v.
     reach out too far: never lean sideways from a ladder or overreach
   • n.
     an injury to a forefoot of a horse resulting from its having overreached.

   Oxford Dictionary