| VERB | competition | overshoot | shoot beyond or over (a target) |
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| cognition | overshoot | aim too high | |
| NOUN | act | overshoot, wave-off, go-around | an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt |
| Sounds | ow'vershuw.t | |
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| Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... | |
| Meaning | An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt. | |
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| Synonyms | wave-off, go-around | |
| Broader | landing approach | The approach to a landing field by an airplane |
| Spanish | motor y al aire, ondeo, rodeo, vuelta | |
| Verbs | overshoot | aim too high |
| Meaning | Shoot beyond or over (a target) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Entails | aim, take, train, take aim, direct | Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards |
| Broader | blast, shoot | Fire a shot |
| miss | fail to reach | |
| Opposite | undershoot | Shoot short of or below (a target) |
| Catalan | excedir-se, ultrapassar | |
| Meaning | aim too high. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The plan overshoots its aim" | |
| Narrower | overrun | Run beyond or past |
| Broader | draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for | Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal |
| Nouns | overshoot | an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt |
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