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Overshoot   /ˈoʊvərʃˌut/   Listen
Overshoot

verb
(past & past part. overshot; pres. part. overshooting)
1.
Shoot beyond or over (a target).
2.
Aim too high.





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"Overshoot" Quotes from Famous Books



... very strong prod of yours," said Johnston, shaking his grizzled head as he glanced at the thick arch and powerful strings of his rival's arbalest. "I have little doubt that you can overshoot me, and yet I have seen bowmen who could send a cloth-yard arrow further than you could ...
— The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle


Words linked to "Overshoot" :   take, direct, landing approach, miss, aspire, draw a bead on, shoot for, train, undershoot, overrun, shoot, aim, take aim, blast


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