transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊvə(r)step ]
( oversteps, overstepping, overstepped)
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.
The Commission is sensitive to accusations that it is overstepping its authority...
= go beyond
VERB : V n
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If someone oversteps the mark , they behave in a way that is considered unacceptable.
He overstepped the mark and we had no option but to suspend him.
= go too far
PHRASE : V inflects