overstep
verb /ˌəʊvəˈstep/
/ˌəʊvərˈstep/
Verb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they overstep | /ˌəʊvəˈstep/ /ˌəʊvərˈstep/ |
he / she / it oversteps | /ˌəʊvəˈsteps/ /ˌəʊvərˈsteps/ |
past simple overstepped | /ˌəʊvəˈstept/ /ˌəʊvərˈstept/ |
past participle overstepped | /ˌəʊvəˈstept/ /ˌəʊvərˈstept/ |
-ing form overstepping | /ˌəʊvəˈstepɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈstepɪŋ/ |
- overstep something to go beyond what is normal or allowed
- to overstep your authority
- He tends to overstep the boundaries of good taste.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverstep is used with these nouns as the object:- authority
- boundary
- limit
- …
Idioms
overstep the mark/line
- to behave in a way that people think is not acceptable
- She realized she had overstepped the mark and quickly apologized.