o ‧ ver ‧ shoot /ˌəʊvəˈʃuːt $ ˌoʊvər-/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle overshot /-ˈʃɒt $ -ˈʃɑːt/) [intransitive and transitive]
1 . to accidentally go a little further than you intended:
The plane overshot the runway and plunged into a ditch.
2 . to spend more money than you had intended:
The school has overshot its cash limit.
—overshoot /ˈəʊvəʃuːt $ ˈoʊvər-/ noun [countable]