单词	overstep
释义	overstepo‧ver‧step /ˌəʊvəˈstep $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle overstepped, present participle overstepping) [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE overstep Simple Form Present I, you, we, they overstep he, she, it oversteps Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they overstepped Present perfect I, you, we, they have overstepped he, she, it has overstepped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had overstepped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will overstep Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have overstepped Continuous Form Present I am overstepping he, she, it is overstepping you, we, they are overstepping Past I, he, she, it was overstepping you, we, they were overstepping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been overstepping he, she, it has been overstepping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been overstepping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be overstepping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been overstepping Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A military commander may overstep the bounds of constitutionality, and it is an incident. Following his inauguration for a second term, Roosevelt immediately overstepped his mandate. Her friends and neighbors were angry at her because she had overstepped, given too much, offended them by excess. The imperial authorities fully exploited and sometimes overstepped their constitutional powers: there were imperial laws for everything. The parliamentarians hit back by accusing Mr Obasanjo of overstepping his powers and showing dictatorial tendencies. The preacher overstepped the mark when he called the Royal Mail to a halt on the moor near Bagshot. The state Court of Criminal Appeals overruled the hearing, however, declaring that Brown had overstepped his authority. Thomas, obedient to codes of privacy, didn't want to overstep the line. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► exceed/overstep your authority (=do more than you have the power or right to do)· A higher court decided that the judge had exceeded his authority. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bound · But there was a period in his life at which his suspicion and hostility to others overstepped the bounds of sanity.· A military commander may overstep the bounds of constitutionality, and it is an incident. ► boundary · Such comment may, and no doubt does, from time to time overstep boundaries acceptable to the individual or local authority so criticised.· I have overstepped my boundaries, challenged his authority, sabotaged his mission.· To say however that this route supplies the only reliable way to knowledge is grossly to overstep its boundaries.· You must never allow yourself to be crowded out, neither must you retreat so far that you overstep the area boundary.· Individuals are required to perform their job to the full, but not to overstep the boundaries of their authority. ► limit · Does Dickens, for example, overstep the limits of grammar in beginning Bleak House with a series of sentences without main verbs? ► mark · The preacher overstepped the mark when he called the Royal Mail to a halt on the moor near Bagshot.· Helen shrugged; she felt mildly embarrassed, as if she had overstepped the mark.· In either case an agent trying to influence Fontaine may have overstepped the mark.· In each painting a conjurer has overstepped his mark. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► overstep the limits/bounds/boundaries A military commander may overstep the bounds of constitutionality, and it is an incident. But there was a period in his life at which his suspicion and hostility to others overstepped the bounds of sanity. Does Dickens, for example, overstep the limits of grammar in beginning Bleak House with a series of sentences without main verbs? Individuals are required to perform their job to the full, but not to overstep the boundaries of their authority. ► overstep the mark Helen shrugged; she felt mildly embarrassed, as if she had overstepped the mark. In either case an agent trying to influence Fontaine may have overstepped the mark. The preacher overstepped the mark when he called the Royal Mail to a halt on the moor near Bagshot. 1overstep the limits/bounds/boundaries to do something that is not acceptable or allowed:  He has overstepped the bounds of acceptable behaviour.2overstep the mark to offend someone by doing or saying things that you should not do or say:  She overstepped the mark and lost her job.
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