OVERSHOOT


Meaning of OVERSHOOT in English

(overshot)

1.

If you ~ a place that you want to get to, you go past it by mistake.

The plane apparently overshot the runway after landing...

VERB: V n

2.

If a government or organization ~s its budget, it spends more than it had planned to.

The government usually overshot its original spending target.

VERB: V n

Overshoot is also a noun.

...the 100 million pounds ~ in the cost of building the hospital.

N-COUNT: usu supp N

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