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Meanings of overshoot the mark in English

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Usage of overshoot the mark in English
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Gabriel warned though, that it was also important not to overshoot the mark.
Reuters
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Not to overshoot the mark when we want to hit it in the bull's-eye.
The Queen of Hearts
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They nearly always overshoot the mark at which they aim.
Poise: How to Attain It
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Perhaps his exasperated nerves made him overshoot the mark, and rendered his civilities a trifle peremptory.
Roderick Hudson
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Of course, one may here overshoot the mark.
Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Stu...
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You go altogether too far-youovershoot the mark.
The American
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Now I wonder if my cleverness in bringing this fellow here has happened to overshoot the mark!
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
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Our Tacituses and Machiavels go deep, suspect the worst, and, perhaps, as they often do, overshoot the mark.
Letters to His Son, 1756-58 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man ...
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You might overshoot the mark because you might not want to face certain uncomfortable facts about your life.
Ebony
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Be sure you mingle some of your own dulness with their brighter matter, or you will overshoot the mark.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841
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The taking of internal irritants is very common, but would-be in-patients very frequently overshoot the mark and render recovery impossible.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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Others, the quick, so-called "clever" children, look, and judge, and comment, and overshoot the mark many times before they really see.
The Education of Catholic Girls
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In my donations I was careful not to overshoot the mark, for I did not wish Zadok's vinous garrulousness to pass into a stupor.
The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
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Karasowski, in his eagerness to controvert Liszt, although not going quite this length, nevertheless overshoots the mark.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 1
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Zeal, like anger, often overshoots the mark.
The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 / An Historical Novel
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I have heard before of investigators overshooting the mark, but never quite to the extent that he has done.
Twelve Stories and a Dream
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