to overshoot the mark

  • 21overshoot — o•ver•shoot [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈʃut[/t]] v. shot, shoot•ing. v.t. 1) to shoot or go over, beyond, or above so as to miss 2) to pass or go by or beyond 3) to fly beyond the end of (a landing strip) when landing 4) to fly or go beyond 5) to shoot over or… …

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  • 22Journey to the Center of Time — Infobox Film name = Journey to the Center of Time image size = caption = DVD cover director = David L. Hewitt producer = David L. Hewitt Ray Dorn writer = David L. Hewitt narrator = starring = Scott Brady Anthony Eisley Abraham Sofaer Gigi… …

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  • 23Quotation mark — This article is about quotation marks in English. For their use in other languages, see Non English usage of quotation marks. For their use in computer programming, see String literal. For the various glyphs used to render quotation marks, see… …

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  • 24Unskillfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unskillfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unskillfulness unskillfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 want of skill want of skill &c. 698 Sgm: N 1 incompetence incompetence incompentency Sgm: N 1 inability inability infel …

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  • 25overreach — Synonyms and related words: aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, bamboozle, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, build up, burlesque, cajole, caricature, carry too far, cheat on, chouse, circumvent, conjure, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, do,… …

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  • 26exaggerate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ballyhoo, be untruthful, beef up, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deceive,… …

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  • 27overpass — Synonyms and related words: Bifrost, access, aisle, alley, ambulatory, aperture, arcade, artery, avenue, bascule bridge, bateau bridge, best, better, blink at, bridge, cantilever bridge, cap, carrefour, catwalk, channel, cloister, cloverleaf,… …

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  • 28overstep — Synonyms and related words: abuse a privilege, advance upon, bother, break bounds, encroach, encroach upon, exaggerate, exceed, go beyond, go too far, impose on, impose upon, inconvenience, infringe, intrude, invade, irrupt, know no bounds, make… …

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  • 29exceed — Synonyms and related words: beat, best, better, bulk, bulk large, cap, dare, eclipse, exaggerate, excel, go beyond, go one better, improve on, loom, loom large, outdistance, outdo, outpace, outrank, outreach, outrun, outshine, outsoar, outstep,… …

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  • 30go beyond — Synonyms and related words: exaggerate, exceed, overdo, overgo, overjump, overleap, overpass, overreach, overrun, overshoot, overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride, pass, superabound, surpass, transcend …

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