0 present participle of overreach
1 to fail by trying to achieve, spend, or do more than you can manage:
State health authorities are overreaching their authority.
The Supreme Court ruled that the FDA had overreached its authority.
When a court overreaches its bounds and decides to legislate from the bench, it's pretty hard to overturn that.
However, restraints or punishment of scientists who contribute to our growing body of knowledge, in compliance with applicable regulatory safeguards, may constitute overreaching government action.
But it is also to be misled by the overreaching rhetoric of his earlier work.
Nonetheless, the contentious nature of its rhetorical debates and the overreaching nature of its appeals have pushed presidential leadership to its limits.
It is a matter of not overestimating, not overreaching, not making the wrong sort of comparisons, not judging by the wrong standards.
She warns that restraints or punishments of scientists who contribute to our growing body of knowledge, in compliance with applicable regulatory safeguards, may constitute overreaching government action.
