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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overshoot \O'ver*shoot"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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. [PJC]
2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
{To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far; to assert too much.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overshoot \O'ver*shoot"\, verb (used without an object) To fly beyond the mark. --Collier.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
overshoot
noun: an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt [syn: {wave-off}, {go-around}]
verb
1: shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: {undershoot}]
2: aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim" [also: {overshot}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "overshoot": alight, come down, come in, crash-land, descend, ditch, downwind, exaggerate, exceed, go beyond, land, level off, light, overdo, overgo, overjump, overleap, overpass, overreach, overrun, overshoot the field, overshoot the mark, overstep, overstride, pancake, pass, settle down, superabound, surpass, talk down, touch down, transcend, upwind
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