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to overshoot the mark
01
voir trop grand, dépasser la mesure
to make a mistake, particularly in judging the amount of something
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idiome
Exemples
We overshot the mark and ordered twice as much food as we needed.
On a vu trop grand et commandé deux fois plus de nourriture que nécessaire.
02
to go further past the place where one intended to be
idiome
informel
Exemples
The speaker's attempt to engage the audience backfired when they overshoot the mark and ended up offending some listeners.
