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Synonyms for overreach
ˌoʊ vərˈritʃover·reach
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Princeton's WordNet
overreachverb
fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
Synonyms:
beat, outfox, outsmart, outwit, circumventoutwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumventverb
beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
Synonyms:
baffle, exhaust, stupefy, elude, circumvent, stick, perplex, vanquish, get, mystify, outfox, fudge, flummox, beat, surround, outwit, tick, sidestep, hem in, nonplus, trounce, besiege, pulsate, drum, parry, beat up, bunk, dumbfound, tucker out, flap, duck, beat out, dodge, gravel, thump, evade, ticktack, put off, thrum, hedge, outmaneuver, ticktock, amaze, quiver, outmanoeuvre, pound, work over, puzzle, bewilder, crush, tucker, vex, beleaguer, wash up, skirt, outsmart, pose, scramble, shell
Editors Contribution
a bridge too far
striving beyond the ability to support the latest goal.
their latest goal of one million subscribers of overreach.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#77 | get | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3616 | shell | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#4807 | drum | |
#4910 | pound | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7123 | duck | |
#7393 | exhaust | |
#8297 | surround | |
#9747 | pose | |
#10852 | tick | |
#11033 | tucker | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#12398 | crush | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#14613 | flap | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#21866 | parry | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35306 | evade | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#41588 | thump | |
#43658 | quiver | |
#54523 | vex | |
#57646 | vanquish | |
#64306 | elude | |
#77925 | outwit | |
#94911 | outsmart | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#141616 | besiege | |
#144808 | trounce | |
#158476 | overreach | |
#177091 | pulsate | |
#211488 | thrum | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#250539 | outmaneuver |
How to use overreach in a sentence?
The topic here is the governmental overreach which has been the hallmark of Governor Kellys administration.
The facts were on our side, the law was on our side, this was government overreach and we’re certainly vindicated by the Supreme Court yesterday.
Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate misreading of the general welfare and commerce clauses of the Constitution has the federal government been allowed to overreach its authority and extend its tendrils into every corner of civil society.
Unfortunately that concern is manifesting itself in what some researchers feel is government overreach. This overreach is having a chilling effect on researchers many of whom have decided to no longer publish their findings or even worse stop researching all together, in some cases security researchers have taken to selling their information to anyone that will pay for them instead of openly publishing information.
The last thing that Americans need right now is another mandate that further prevents hardworking citizens from having the freedom to live their lives, americans should have the right to make the best decision for themselves when it comes to getting the COVID vaccine. As lawmakers, what we need to do is educate the public in an honest way about the vaccine, and then allow them to make the choice for themselves. President Biden’s vaccine mandate is a cheap, unconstitutional overreach of governance and we will not stand by while it happens.
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