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.
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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
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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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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshoot. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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