overreach
გამოთქმა:
/əʊvəˈriːtʃ/
1 [no object] reach out too far:never lean sideways from a ladder or overreach (
overreach oneself)
try to do more than is possible:the Church overreached itself in securing a territory that would prove impossible to hold (of a horse or dog) bring the hind feet so far forward that they fall alongside or strike the forefeet: the horse overreached jumping the first hurdle
2 [with object] get the better of by cunning; outwit:Faustus’s lunacy in thinking he can overreach the devil