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overreach |
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overreach verb accroach, annul, cheat, circumvent, deceive, defeat one's own purpose, defeat oneself by overdoing matters, dupe, encroach, exceed, extend beyond, extend over, fool, get the better of, have one's plans backfire, nullify one's gains, offset, outsmart, outwit, overact, overdo, overextend, overshoot, reach beyond, reach over, reach too far, thwart, trick, trip, undermine, undo Associated concepts: undue influence See also: betray, impose, intrude How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He was a comic overreacher, what Woody Allen called ``a wolf in sheep's clothing,'' who made millions roar with cowardly, double-dealing ploys to grab money and women. 95)-another saga of a wealthy overreacher stretched on the rack of modern American life-runs to 742. To Harry Levin's myths of Icarus and Phaeton as types of overreacher (or Tromly's Tantalus), Grande superbly offers "the image of Zeus holding back the horses of the night, doubling a night of pleasure with his beloved and preventing the arrival of the sober daylight realities of duty, order, and reason" (14). |
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