overstepverb [ T ]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈstep/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈstep/-pp-to go further than what is considered acceptable or correct:
The bad language in that show overstepped the limits/boundaries of what should be allowed on television.
I think you're overstepping your authority.
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- populist
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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Idiom(s)
overstep the mark