Comment by ddingus

Sure you can! Ask me how I know.

(Has cleared overgrowth consisting of both vines and grasses roughly a meter high give or take some)

What you do is tip the mower up, holding the handle near the ground and push it right into the mess. Then lower it down, essentially taking a "bite", which will cut many folded over plants.

Pull back, then tip and advance repeatedly, cutting more each time.

I cleared a quarter acre this way. Took one hard afternoon and a couple tanks of gas.