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to overshoot the mark
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te hoog inschatten, te ver gaan
to make a mistake, particularly in judging the amount of something
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We overshot the mark and ordered twice as much food as we needed.
We schatten het te hoog in en bestelden twee keer zoveel eten als nodig was.
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to go further past the place where one intended to be
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informeel
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The speaker's attempt to engage the audience backfired when they overshoot the mark and ended up offending some listeners.
