intransitive. To do a thing too much or to too great an extent; to go to excess; to exceed the proper limit.

intransitive. To pass the bounds of propriety; to go too far; to break out. Obsolete.

to pass, be aboveor beyond, God's forbode: said of anything outrageous or extravagant.

intransitive. To go beyond limits; to pursue a course of action to excess, or beyond what is prudent or practical; to make an excessive claim.

intransitive. To go to excess, act extravagantly.

intransitive. To act in excess of what is proper, necessary, or normal; to go too far in action.

intransitive. To boil over; to boil so as to overflow the pot, etc. Also in extended use.

transitive. spec. in to overstep the mark (also line).

(slang or colloquial) to cut it too fat: to ‘come it strong’, overdo a thing.

To escape from (an enclosed place) by breaking part of the enclosure, as in to break prisonor jail; also to break bounds.