overreach
verb/ˌoʊvərˈriʧ/
Frequency rank: #18,072 most common English word
Meaning
to try to do or gain more than is possible or reasonable, often resulting in failure.
Example sentence
The company began to overreach when it tried to expand into too many markets at once.
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