Overstep
21overstep its bounds — overstep (your/its) bounds to do more than you are allowed to do or should do. Many believe that Congress overstepped its bounds in passing this new gun control law. Some of his colleagues may have overstepped the bounds of good taste …
22overstep bounds — overstep (your/its) bounds to do more than you are allowed to do or should do. Many believe that Congress overstepped its bounds in passing this new gun control law. Some of his colleagues may have overstepped the bounds of good taste …
23overstep the line — overstep the ˈmark/ˈline idiom to behave in a way that people think is not acceptable • She realized she had overstepped the mark and quickly apologized. Main entry: ↑overstepidiom …
24overstep the mark — If you overstep the mark, you go too far and upset someone by saying something or behaving in a way that is unacceptable. Jenny is angry with her son. He overstepped the mark when he called his grandfather an old fool …
25overstep — transitive verb Date: before 12th century exceed, transgress …
26overstep — verb /ˌoʊvɚˈstɛp/ To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. That color scheme really oversteps the bounds of good taste …
27overstep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. transgress, trespass, cross, encroach, exceed; intrude, infringe. See overrunning. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. exceed, violate, encroach, trespass; see exceed , meddle 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
28overstep — v. exceed; take something beyond the limit; cross a boundary …
29overstep — v exceed, go beyond, transcend, surpass; push in, encroach, infringe, trespass, intrude, invade, impinge, obtrude …
30overstep — [ˌəʊvəˈstep] verb [T] to do something that is not allowed or that is not acceptable The committee had overstepped the bounds of its authority.[/ex] …
