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overshoot |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overshot}; p. pr & vb n. {Overshooting}.] 1. To shoot over or beyond. ``Not to overshoot his game.'' --South. 2. To pass swiftly over to fly beyond. --Hartle. 3. To exceed; as to overshoot the truth. --Cowper. {To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far to assert too much From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. i. To fly beyond the mark. --Collier. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: overshoot n : an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt [syn: {wave-off}, {go-around}] v 1: shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: {undershoot}] 2: aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"
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