overshoot

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
  2. verb shoot beyond or over (a target)
  3. verb aim too high

Etymology

From Middle English overshoten, oversheten (“to shoot beyond, shoot past, pour down from above”), perhaps continuing Old English ofersċēotan (“to shoot down”), equivalent to over- + shoot.

Synonyms

wave-off, go-around

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