Overshoot /(?)/

O·ver·shoot

Overshoot

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.
  2. To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration.
  3. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
  4. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth.

Phrases & Compounds
To overshoot one's self
to venture too far; to assert too much.

Overshoot

v. i.
  1. To fly beyond the mark.