overreach

verbs

fail by aiming too high or trying too hard
overreach
is a type of (narrower)
be unsuccessful
"Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
fail, go wrong, miscarry
beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"
beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach