Overget
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overget is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To get more than expected or due.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To get more than expected or due.
More Meanings
- (transitive, archaic) To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
- (transitive, archaic) To get beyond; get over; recover from.
Example Sentences
Some companies hold their clerks responsible to account for the actual amount of the fares on tickets sold, and ignore the question of overgot and undergot money.
Word Forms
- overgets
- overgetting
- overgot
- overgat
- overgotten
Antonyms for overget
Common opposites include underget.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overpay, overachieve, supererogate, outgive, overdeliver, exceed.
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