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overshooting |
1 definition 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
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