0 past simple and past participle of overreach --
1 to fail by trying to achieve, spend, or do more than you can manage: --
By 1878 the company employed 5,000 people but had greatly overreached itself financially and failed amongst tough competition.
Between those times, he either built a match monopoly that overreached or orchestrated one of the biggest pyramid schemes in history.
There need he only a slight decline in the present boom in house prices, and the consequences will be catastrophic for those who have overreached themselves.
It may be that the fall has already overreached itself, so that it may only result in perpetuating sterling at an unduly low level.
The proposal is a good idea which has overreached itself.
It is clear that the council has overreached itself with these damaging proposals.
The company obviously overreached itself and is now going into a very speedy retrenchment, selling off ships left right and centre.
It would be possible to take account of some moderate grant for food subsidies if that would prevent threshold agreements being overreached.
