overget verb3 •To get more than expected or due.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. — 1885 •(no longer used) To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch. •(no longer used) To get beyond; get over; recover from. formsovergat · overgot · overgotten · overgetting · overgets