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to overstep

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  • overstep — ► VERB (overstepped, overstepping) ▪ go beyond (a set or accepted limit). ● overstep the mark Cf. ↑overstep the mark …   English terms dictionary

  • overstep the mark — phrase to do or say something that makes people angry because it breaks a rule or is not acceptable She overstepped the mark when she asked him about his mother. Thesaurus: to fail to obey a rule, law or commandsynonym obedience and… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Overstep — O ver*step , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstepped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstepping}.] [AS. ofersteppan.] To step over or beyond; to transgress; as, to overstep the bounds of propriety. Shak. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overstep (or overshoot) the mark — go beyond what is acceptable. → overstep …   English new terms dictionary

  • overstep the mark — ► overstep the mark go beyond what is intended or acceptable. Main Entry: ↑overstep …   English terms dictionary

  • overstep — I verb accroach, advance beyond proper limits, break in upon, encroach, entrench, exceed, go beyond, go over, go too far, impinge, infringe, interfere, intrude, invade, meddle, not observe, obtrude, overpass, overrun, run over, strain, stretch,… …   Law dictionary

  • overstep boundaries — index impinge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • overstep — (v.) O.E. ofersteppan, from ofer over (see OVER (Cf. over)) + steppan to step (see STEP (Cf. step)). From the beginning, used in figurative senses. Related: Overstepped; overstepping …   Etymology dictionary

  • overstep your bounds — overstep (your/its) bounds to do more than you are allowed to do or should do. Many believe that Congress overstepped its bounds in passing this new gun control law. Some of his colleagues may have overstepped the bounds of good taste …   New idioms dictionary

  • overstep its bounds — overstep (your/its) bounds to do more than you are allowed to do or should do. Many believe that Congress overstepped its bounds in passing this new gun control law. Some of his colleagues may have overstepped the bounds of good taste …   New idioms dictionary

  • overstep bounds — overstep (your/its) bounds to do more than you are allowed to do or should do. Many believe that Congress overstepped its bounds in passing this new gun control law. Some of his colleagues may have overstepped the bounds of good taste …   New idioms dictionary

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