Talk:overshoot

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overshoot the mark

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1. If you overshoot the mark, you go too far and pass the place where you wanted to be. These birds head for France or Spain but sometimes overshoot the mark and end up in English gardens.

2. If you overshoot the mark, you cause problems by doing something to a greater extent than you intended. A defence cutback took place that went too far — it overshot the mark.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/overshoot+the+mark Backinstadiums (talk) 10:46, 18 November 2022 (UTC)Reply