Overreach /(ō`vẽr*rēch")/

imp. & p. p. Overreached; p. pr. & vb. n. Overreaching

1. To reach above or beyond in any direction.
2. To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to cheat.
3. To defeat one's own purpose by trying to do too much or by trying too hard or with excessive eagerness; -- used reflexively; as, the candidate overreached himself by trying to plant false rumors, which backfired/

1. To reach too far (Naut.)
2. To cheat by cunning or deception.

1. The act of striking the heel of the fore foot with the toe of the hind foot; -- said of horses.