overreach
verb🔊/ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ/
🔊/ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃ/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overreach | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃ/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃ/ |
| he / she / it overreaches | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃɪz/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃɪz/ |
| past simple overreached | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃt/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃt/ |
| past participle overreached | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃt/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃt/ |
| -ing form overreaching | 🔊/ˌəʊvəˈriːtʃɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌəʊvərˈriːtʃɪŋ/ |
- overreach (yourself)
to fail by trying to achieve more than is possible 贪功致败；不自量力