Category:Overshoot

O`ver*shoot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot; p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.]

1. To shoot over or beyond. "not to overshoot his game." South.

2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.

3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. To overshoot one's Self, to venture too far; to assert too much.

Overshoot O`ver*shoot", v. i.

Defn: to fly beyond the mark. Collier.