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overshootovershoot /ˌoʊvɚˈʃut/ verb (past tense and past participle overshot /-ˈʃɑt/) [transitive] VERB TABLEovershoot |
Present | I, you, we, they | overshoot | | he, she, it | overshoots | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | overshot | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have overshot | | he, she, it | has overshot | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had overshot | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will overshoot | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have overshot |
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Present | I | am overshooting | | he, she, it | is overshooting | | you, we, they | are overshooting | Past | I, he, she, it | was overshooting | | you, we, they | were overshooting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been overshooting | | he, she, it | has been overshooting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been overshooting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be overshooting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been overshooting |
► overshot the mark They overshot the mark in estimating what consumers would pay (=they thought people would pay more than they actually did). 1to miss a place where you wanted to stop or turn, by going too far past it: A small commuter plane overshot the runway.2to go beyond an intended limit or level: The department is likely to overshoot its cash limit. They overshot the mark in estimating what consumers would pay (=they thought people would pay more than they actually did). |