overreach

overreach

VERB
reach too far:
"never lean sideways from a ladder or overreach"
get the better of (someone) by cunning:
"Faustus's lunacy in thinking he can overreach the devil"

NOUN
an injury to a forefoot of a horse resulting from its having overreached.

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verb
uebervorteilen

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overreach
verb
overreached; overreaching; overreaches
Synonyms of overreach
transitive verb

1: to reach above or beyond : OVERTOP
2: to defeat (oneself) by seeking to do or gain too much
3: to get the better of especially in dealing and bargaining and typically by unscrupulous or crafty methods
intransitive verb

1 of a horse : to strike the forefoot with the front part of the hind foot
2 a
: to go to excess
b: EXAGGERATE
3
: to overreach oneself

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To "go into overdrive" means to start working very hard or quickly. It is used to describe a state of great activity, effort, or hard work. "In overdrive" means to be in an extremely energetic, hardworking, or effective state or condition. It can be used to describe a team or an individual who is working hard to complete a project or task. In the context of vehicles, "overdrive" refers to the highest gear of a car.

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go over the top

1. To move over the fortification surrounding a trench in trench warfare.
If your men go over the top right now, it will be suicide! We need to wait for air cover, first.
2. To go beyond a certain limit, threshold, goal, or quota.
I had only hoped to sell 10 boxes of candy, so I easily went over the top when my family members got wind of the fundraiser.
3. To engage in excessive, flamboyant, campy, or outrageous style or behavior, often purposefully so.
Even by slasher movie standards, this film goes way over the top with its blood and gore.
I just thought the lead actor went over the top. It kind of ruined the play for me.
See also: go, over, top
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
be/go ;over the ;top (abbr. OTT) (informal, especially British English) (of a person) do something in a wild, excited or extreme way; (of something) be unnecessarily extreme: They went completely over the top at their wedding. I’ve never seen anything like it! ; His remarks were a bit over the top.
See also: go, over, top
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017

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To push the envelope means to surpass normal limits or attempt something viewed as radical or risky. It comes from the aeronautical use of envelope referring to performance limits that cannot be exceeded safely.
over the top, to go
To surmount something. During World War I this term signified climbing over the parapet of front-line trenches to attack the enemy, and by extension this came to mean doing something dangerous or notable. After World War II the phrase took on the additional meaning of going above and beyond what had been originally planned, as in, “Her generous donation put us over the top; we’ve exceeded our goals.” And finally, in the later 1900s, the phrase took on yet another meaning, to go too far or beyond reasonable limits, as in, “Making the entire chorus wear flesh-colored body suits—that’s going over the top.” With all these usages one must rely on the context to figure out which sense is meant.
See also: go, over, to
The Dictionary of Clich;s by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer
See also:
over the top, to go