overshoot

verb

ˌō-vər-ˈshüt How to pronounce overshoot (audio)
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as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of don't worry if you overshoot the length requirement by three pages

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Recent Examples of overshoot The space around a runway, known as the runway safety area, is intended to provide unobstructed space for aircraft that may overshoot, undershoot or veer off a runway during landing. — River Akira Davis, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025 Yet highly active retail traders in aggregate are prone to herding and as a group fast-money amateurs can overshoot and make the tape more fragile at extremes. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 1 Feb. 2025 The purpose of the pardon is to allow for a fudge when the legal system has misfired or overshot the mark. — Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025 New York, Chicago and LA are all overshot at this point. — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overshoot

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