overstep authority
1authority — n. control power 1) to assume; delegate; demonstrate, show; establish; exercise, wield; invoke authority 2) to defy; deny, reject; undermine authority 3) absolute, complete, full, supreme, unquestioned; parental authority 4) authority for; over… …
2overstep — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈstep] / US [ˌoʊvərˈstep] verb [transitive] Word forms overstep : present tense I/you/we/they overstep he/she/it oversteps present participle overstepping past tense overstepped past participle overstepped to do something that is… …
3authority — noun 1 (often authorities) people with responsibility for making decisions ADJECTIVE ▪ central, district, federal, local, municipal, regional ▪ government, pu …
4overstep — o|ver|step [ ,ouvər step ] verb transitive to do something that is considered rude or is not allowed: overstep the bounds/rules/limits of something: The committee had overstepped the bounds of its authority. overstep the mark MAINLY BRITISH to do …
5overstep — /oh veuhr step /, v.t., overstepped, overstepping. to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one s authority. [bef. 1000; ME oversteppen, OE ofersteppan. See OVER , STEP] * * * …
6overstep — verb Overstep is used with these nouns as the object: ↑authority, ↑boundary, ↑limit …
7overstep — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)ste̱p[/t]] oversteps, overstepping, overstepped VERB If you say that someone oversteps the limits of a system or situation, you mean that they do something that is not allowed or is not acceptable. [V n] The Commission is sensitive to …
8overstep — o•ver•step [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈstɛp[/t]] v. t. stepped, step•ping to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one s authority[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000 …
9overstep — [ˌəʊvəˈstep] verb [T] to do something that is not allowed or that is not acceptable The committee had overstepped the bounds of its authority.[/ex] …
10overstep one's authority — go beyond one s power, exceed one s jurisdiction …
