It was only perfectly palpable that he meant it to be so, and he who parades his indifference is apt to overreach himself.
It was one thing to overreach a hostile general, and another to sacrifice a faithful and devoted friend.
The settlement of this boundary was a point in the negotiation, and continued efforts were made by the British plenipotentiaries to overreach the Americans, with respect to the country west of the Rocky Mountains.
The moment that we discovered it she claimed it; and without a color of title in her hand, she has labored ever since to overreach us in the arts of negotiation, or to bully us out of our discovery by menaces of war.
If Southern white men are not careful they will overreach themselves, and public sentiment will have a reaction; and a conclusion will be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women.
If Southern white men are not careful, they will overreach themselves and public sentiment will have a reaction; a conclusion will then be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women.
Still, that old slyboots of a paper-maker must not overreach us; it is time to ask him for something besides promises.
A peasant or a pettifogging solicitor might very easily overreach an astute diplomate over a bargain in some remote country village; and the wiliest journalist may prove the veriest simpleton in a piece of business.
Did I ever attempt tooverreach you in anything, Mr. Quirk?
Did I overreach you by any of them whom I sent to you?
And that no man overreach nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before and have testified.
A college education, or intense study of abstract truth, will not enable a man to drive a bargain, to overreach another, or even to guard himself from being overreached.
I have seen Mr. Kean play Sir Giles Overreach one night from the front of the pit, and a few nights after from the front boxes facing the stage.
In this attempt to overreach each other they employ their servants, Dromio and Riscio, as principal agents.
Harrison and his council are pressing Congress for slavery here can prevail while he is President, as he is very popular with Congress and will find means to overreach the evil attempt of the pro-slavery power.
It was probably in view of these measures that Mr. Lemen recorded his belief that President Jefferson "will find means to overreach the evil attempts of the pro-slavery party.
Every exertion was now made by these parties to remove the scruples of the chiefs, and thus form a party strong enough to overreach the rest of the natives, and overcome their objections.
I believe it is a very long time since it was possible to overreach the natives much in a bargain.
In coming to an agreement take care you don't make 'Blind Billy's Bargain,' by either overreaching yourself or allowing the other party to overreach you.
That cunning, as has just been observed, is apt to overreach itself, has passed into a proverb; and the case of Jacopo and his employers was one in point to prove its truth.
Logicians sometimes prove too much by an argument, and politicians often overreach themselves in a scheme.
By these perpetual finesses, Charles continually sought to withdraw the concessions that he made, as though those whom he tried to overreach were not as wide awake as himself.
I can't believe that the man who made the magnificent fight that you did would make it to overreach his partner.
If it were a partnership discovery there would have been no chance for one of you tooverreach the other.
He is ever trying to overreach in dealing, and expects every one in his employment to be as keen as himself.
In fact, the mass will overreach if they can, and therefore regard these 'honest' assumptions with suspicion.
Honest in heart he was not, for he never scrupled to overreach a customer.
From this time, I will serve no man who expects me to overreach a customer in dealing.
Tis true, he may overreach me; but if he does, I cannot help it.
A New Way to pay Old Debts," the same in which Sir Giles Overreach is the prominent character.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overreach" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
