OVERSTEP


Meaning of OVERSTEP in English

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

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

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