0 to fail by trying to achieve, spend, or do more than you can manage: --
2 the act of doing more than your authority allows: --
Already there are signs of regulatory overreach.
Courts act as a safeguard against executive overreach in individual counter-terrorism cases.
3 an injury to a horse's foot caused by the foot reaching too far forward when the horse is moving: --
That balances the regret that we feel when certain sections of the press overreach themselves in their determination simply to achieve higher sales.
Some trade union leaders had political ambitions that overreached their duties as trade union leaders, and they were unable to distinguish between the two.
On this particular occasion, however, they have overreached themselves.
Besides, it is a libel that overreaches itself.
Theories and hypotheses always overreach available data.
Nattiez's case is damaged, then, by overreaching and insufficient discrimination.
The army frequently overreached itself.
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.
