OVERSTEP


Meaning of OVERSTEP in English

(~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

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

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