Synonyms for overreaching
over·reach·ing

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1. overreaching, vaultingadjective

   revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights

   "vaulting ambition"

   Synonyms:
   vaulting

   Antonyms:
   timid

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1. John Fleck:

   This [ rapid decline ] scares me, it's dropping so fast that it may be overreaching our ability to cope with the problems. I did not anticipate the bottom to drop this quickly, and we're only talking about Lake Mead.

2. George F. Will, Statecraft as Soulcraft:

   Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses.

3. Professor Samuel Bray:

   Courts would be overreaching, and it would shift a court from a judicial role – where it decides a specific dispute – to something more like a legislative role where it decides a question or an issue without a factual dispute between the parties.

4. Republican Leader Will Barclay:

   The confusion and chaos surrounding Gov. Hochul’s overreaching mask mandate reached an unfortunate peaktoday, i have said that unilateral requirements like the one being forced onto New Yorkers by the Hochul Administration are decisions that should remain at the local level. The Appellate Division has granted a stay of the governor’s order, but it’s time for all of us to move on from mandates, fear and confusion.

5. House Democrats only:

   If they refuse, they are subject to being subpoenaed and compelled to testify under oath, this issue should not be partisan; under the Constitution, Congress is a co-equal branch of government and must be protected from an overreaching executive, and we expect that our Republican colleagues will join us in getting to the bottom of this serious matter.