over stand

o·ver·stand

[oh-ver-stand]
verb (used without object), o·ver·stood, o·ver·stand·ing. Nautical.
overreach ( def 13 ).

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English overstonden to stand over or by; see over-, stand

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