Overreach definition

Overreach. , in the sense apposite here, means to reach too far, to try to do what is not possible (Oxford Concise Dictionary); to defeat (oneself) by seeking to do or gain too much; the act or an instance of defeating one’s own purpose by going too far (Garner Black’s Law Dictionary 9 ed (West, St Paul 2009) at 1213); to fail by trying to achieve, spend, or do more than you can manage; to do more than your authority allows (Cambridge English Dictionary, available at https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/overreach).
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Examples of Overreach in a sentence

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  • Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ‘‘Examining Systemic Government Overreach at CEQ’’.

  • The 230kV W36M line protection has ‘A’ and ‘B’ duplicate protection groups that consist of Direct Under Reaching (DUR) and Permissive Overreach Tra nsfer Trip (POTT) schemeconfiguration.

  • Reaching (DUR) a nd Permissive Overreach Tra nsfer Trip (POTT) schemeconfiguration.