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overstep Definition

over·step (ō′vər step)

transitive verb -·stepped, -·step·ping

to go beyond the limits of; exceed

overstep Synonyms

overstep

v.

exceed, violate, encroach, trespass; see exceed, meddle 1.

overstep Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • reaction: Assessing the extent of disequilibrium and overstepping of prograde metamorphic reactions in metapelites from the Bushveld aureole.
  • limit: You have that same overstepping of limits later on in Genesis 11 with the Tower of Babel.

Object

  • bound: How can phones be made open except for certain parties who overstep bounds?
  • mark: Our schools should have no place for teachers who overstep the mark.
  • boundary: Week Beginning: Sunday 11th July, 1999 Sunday 11th July Sid oversteps the boundary.
  • limit: We can go from full stop to full speed in information warfare without fear of overstepping political limits.
  • line: The Italians in southern France had far overstepped the lines agreed on with the French.
  • level: The leading search engines fight to be the first that oversteps this level.

Modifying Another Word

  • n't: Do n't overstep yourself or rely on all your dreams coming true.
  • never: Liane Jose sustains the delicate balances within Anna's mind, never overstepping the mark into caricature or melodrama.
  • clearly: We do find however that Mrs P clearly overstepped the bounds of good practice.
  • often: In an extraordinary career he often overstepped the mark into deceit.
  • perhaps: They had abused ' humor ' , and perhaps overstepped the mark in the use of fear directed at children.
  • sometimes: This, of course, left a lot of scope to the men on the ground, and they sometimes overstepped the mark.