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/

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overreach (yourself) to fail by trying to achieve more than is possible贪功致败；不自量力
- In making these promises, the company had clearly overreached itself.这家公司作出这些承诺，显然是不自量力。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2