(~s, ~ping, ~ped)
If you say that someone ~s 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 ~ping its authority...
= go beyond
VERB: V n
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If someone ~s the mark, they behave in a way that is considered unacceptable.
He ~ped the mark and we had no option but to suspend him.
= go too far
PHRASE: V inflects