Overreaching

What do we mean by overreaching?

To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.

To do something beyond an appropriate limit, or beyond one's ability.

Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot.

To deceive, to swindle.

To sail on one tack farther than is necessary.

To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit.

Words that are spelled similarly to overreaching:
overreaching, overreacting, over-reaching, overbreathing.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word overreaching:
interpretation, interests, claims, justice, authority, itself, federal, law, model, court.

Words that rhyme with overreaching:
teaching, leaching, reaching, preaching, breeching, beseeching, breaching, leeching, beaching, peaching, screeching, bleaching, speeching, impeaching, pleaching, master of arts in teaching, language teaching, lee ching, lee chung, li ching, li chung, reach ing, shih ching, shih chung, te ching, teach ing, ti ching, ti chung, yi ching, yi chung.

Adjectives that are often used to describe overreaching:
judicial, such, governmental, prosecutorial, own, gross, federal, congressional, political, legislative, executive, presidential, human, social, habitual, official, intellectual, romantic, stealthy, faustian, bureaucratic, possible, mutual, imperial, scientific, dangerous, vain, unscrupulous, palpable, regulatory, financial, sexual, deliberate, arrogant, term, egoistic, potential, statutory, temporary, apparent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective overreaching:
ambition, power, ambitions, government, symbol, state, policy, goal, greed, claims, effect, machinery, provisions, powers, system, attempt, authority, desire, process, scientist, demands, pride, hand, theory, hero, importance, wisdom, control, concern, influence, conduct, trees, grasp, nature, bargains, boughs, temper, arms, zones, spirit, lines, chariots, vision, claim, concept, heart, sense, interpretation, encomenderos, actions, hubris, need, zone, character, interest, trafficking, plan, disposition, transaction.

Words that sound like overreaching:
overreaching, overrating, overruling, overwriting, overrunning, overheating, overeating, overreach, overriding, overarching, overweening, overreached, overwritten, overseeing, overthrowing, overhauling, overusing, overgrazing, overgrowing, overpricing, overtraining, overshooting, overdriving, averaging, far-reaching, overrun, ovarian, overridden, overeaten, overdosing, overreacting, overtaking, overlooking, overworking, overdoing, overcrowding, overfishing, overachieve, overlying, overran, overacting, overcooking, overturning, overachieving, overhearing, overing, overhanging, over fishing, overlaying, overpaying, overkilling, overread, overselling.