(to) overstep
1overstep — ► VERB (overstepped, overstepping) ▪ go beyond (a set or accepted limit). ● overstep the mark Cf. ↑overstep the mark …
2overstep 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… …
3Overstep — 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] …
4overstep (or overshoot) the mark — go beyond what is acceptable. → overstep …
5overstep the mark — ► overstep the mark go beyond what is intended or acceptable. Main Entry: ↑overstep …
6overstep — 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,… …
7overstep boundaries — index impinge Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8overstep — (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 …
9overstep 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 …
10overstep 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 …