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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Overshoot \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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