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overhit en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English hit English overhit From over- + hit.

Meanings

1. To hit too far or too hard.
   • The golfer overhit his shot onto the green, and it rolled into the bunker.
   • Kane did more than anyone to provoke the crowd’s dissent with his overhit passes and misdirected shots. 2016 June 27, Daniel Taylor, “England humiliated as Iceland knock them out of Euro 2016”, in The Guardian, London:

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