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
In 2010, 158 people died when an Air India Express aircraft overshot a runway in Mangalore, India, and plummeted into a gorge before erupting into flames, according to the safety foundation.
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Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Hill burned cornerback Benjamin St-Juste on one play but Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa overshot the pass.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
Anyone who expected Brian Callahan to have the Titans in the playoffs in Year 1 probably overshot their expectations.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
But on fourth-and-7 near midfield, Rush overshot Jake Ferguson and the ball hit the turf, sealing Dallas’ fate as a loss.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
Hill burned cornerback Benjamin St-Juste on one play but Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa overshot the pass.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
Anyone who expected Brian Callahan to have the Titans in the playoffs in Year 1 probably overshot their expectations.
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
But on fourth-and-7 near midfield, Rush overshot Jake Ferguson and the ball hit the turf, sealing Dallas’ fate as a loss.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Overshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshoot. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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