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[ oh-ver-step ] / ˌoʊ vərˈstɛp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR overstep ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), o·ver·stepped, o·ver·step·ping.to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one's authority. Origin of overstepbefore 1000; Middle English oversteppen,Old English ofersteppan.See over-, step Words nearby overstepoverstand, overstate, overstay, overstayer, oversteer, overstep, overstitch, overstock, overstood, overstory, overstress Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for overstepI'd enjoy seeing a trillion dollar coin minted purely for the deservedly righteous indignation such an overstep would create. Why Not Mint a 100 Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin?||January 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST Will they overstep and abuse their mandate, turning themselves into a perfect foil for a resurgent Barack Obama? Capitol Hill's New Ruling Class|Lloyd Grove|November 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST There, he sold a number of political caricatures that were careful not to overstep Nazi lines. When Hitler Was a Punchline|Rudolph Herzog|May 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST The limitations of an art are in reality its strength and to overstep its boundaries means to weaken it. The Photoplay|Hugo Mnsterberg
He knew just how far it was proper for him to go, and never once did he overstep those bounds. The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd If we overstep the limit this country will get too hot for us. Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine But does it not depend upon their caprice alone to overstep these bounds? Egmont|Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe But those of us who overstep the border become preposterous in the eyes of those who have never done so.
British Dictionary definitions for overstep
verb -steps, -stepping or -stepped(tr) to go beyond (a certain or proper limit) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to overstepviolate, meddle, transgress, trespass, encroach, exceed, intrench |