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O`ver*shoot" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting.] 1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf. “Not to overshoot his game.” South.
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2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration.
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2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle.
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3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper.
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To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much.
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O`ver*shoot", v. i. To fly beyond the mark. Collier.
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