1. Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
   - vaulting

1. Fail by aiming too high or trying too hard 
2. Beat through cleverness and wit
   - outwit, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent

See also: bold

Type of: exceed, fail, go wrong, miscarry, outdo, outgo [archaic], outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass

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