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Examples of overreach
overreach
We haven't seen such government overreach since the Obama health care cram down.
From the economist.com
Obama's perceived overreach would have had the stench of being unconstitutional.
From the fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com
It drew fire from some tea party activists, who consider it government overreach.
From the washingtonpost.com
It drew fire from some tea party activists, who see it as government overreach.
From the washingtonpost.com
Democrats remember the 1994 shellacking they took when they tried to overreach.
From the washingtontimes.com
These days Bush's inaugural oratory seems, at the very least, a tragic overreach.
From the time.com
It is also overreach to imply that humans are the sole cause of climate change.
From the washingtonpost.com
Overreach is a very good filly and clearly the one to beat in the Golden Slipper.
From the couriermail.com.au
Some worry that Democrats will overtax the rich or overreach in regulating banks.
From the economist.com
- Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
- Outwit: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
- (overreaching) revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"
- The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses; The act of extending or reaching too far, overextension; To reach above or beyond in any direction; To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat; To reach too far; To ...
- (Overreaching) Used in the context of general equities. Creating artificial volume in astock through activity not generated by normal/natural buyers and sellers in the market.
- (Overreaching) Fault in the trot caused by more angulation and drive from behind than in front so that the rear feet are forced to step to one side of the forefeet to avoid interfering or clipping.
- (Overreaching) A descriptive term used to explain the condition your credit cards are in by the end of show season.
- (OVER-REACHING) Toe of hind shoe striking forelegs on heel, or back of coronet.
- (Overreaching) A temporary condition following hard periods of training without due consideration to recovery. Will lead to overtraining if continued.
