Overshooting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [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.
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     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.
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     2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. --Hartle.
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     3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. --Cowper.
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     {To overshoot one's self}, to venture too far; to assert too
        much.
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