overreaching
present participle ofoverreach
overreach
verb
uk/ˌəʊ.vərˈiːtʃ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈriːtʃ/overreach yourself
tofailbytryingtoachieve,spend, or do more than you canmanage:
Companies that overreach themselvessoonfindthemselves indebt.
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- blow(someone/something)up
- bomb
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
[T]
to do more thanyourauthorityallows:
Some U. N.officialschargedthat theinvestigatorshad overreachedtheirauthority.
It was awarningto the Floridacourtnot to overreachitspowers.
- Statehealthauthoritiesare overreachingtheirauthority.
- TheSupremeCourtruledthat the FDA had overreacheditsauthority.
- When acourtoverreachesitsboundsanddecidestolegislatefrom thebench, it'sprettyhard tooverturnthat.
Bad and wrong behaviour
- act out
- angel
- ASB
- astray
- atyourworstidiom
- beup to no goodidiom
- go off the railsidiom
- go round
- impossible
- in flagrante
- incorrigible
- raise hellidiom
- rakish
- rakishly
- rakishness
- rascally
- unworthy
- villainy
- while the cat's away, the mice will playidiom
- worst
Examplesofoverreaching
overreaching
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
However, restraints or punishment of scientists who contribute to our growing body of knowledge, in compliance with applicable regulatory safeguards, may constituteoverreachinggovernment action.
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But it is also to be misled by theoverreachingrhetoric of his earlier work.
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Nonetheless, the contentious nature of its rhetorical debates and theoverreachingnature of its appeals have pushed presidential leadership to its limits.
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It is a matter of not overestimating, notoverreaching, not making the wrong sort of comparisons, not judging by the wrong standards.
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She warns that restraints or punishments of scientists who contribute to our growing body of knowledge, in compliance with applicable regulatory safeguards, may constituteoverreachinggovernment action.
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Nattiez's case is damaged, then, byoverreachingand insufficient discrimination.
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I believe that they areoverreachingthemselves on the issue of special advisers.
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However, in many cases the legislation is overbearing andoverreaching.
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It was a wonderful opportunity to see greed and arroganceoverreachingthemselves.
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At the same time, we have the overpowering andoverreachingproblem of drugs.
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I can fairly say, withoutoverreachingmyself or putting it too high, that all this results from issuing an incomplete copy of a document.
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The consequences ofoverreachingourselves could be damaging to the very cause we have at heart.
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Many people might argue that the fishing industry isoverreachingitself and that it does not have the interests of conservation at heart.
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We would then beoverreachingourselves.
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Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battleoverreachingwizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, and an occasional hapless gang of bandits.
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