overstep

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tr.v. o·ver·stepped, o·ver·step·ping, o·ver·steps

To go beyond (a limit); exceed: overstepped the bounds of taste.

overstep [ˌəʊvəˈstɛp]

vb -steps, -stepping, -stepped

(tr) to go beyond (a certain or proper limit)

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Verb	1.	overstep - pass beyond (limits or boundaries) transgress, trespass go across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
	2.	overstep - be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year" top, transcend, exceed, go past, pass excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"

Translations

overstep [ˌəʊvəˈstep] VT (fig) [+ boundary] → traspasar; [+ authority] → excederse en el ejercicio de
to overstep the mark → pasarse de la raya, excederse

overstep [ˌəʊvə^rˈstɛp] vt (= go beyond) [+ authority] → abuser de; [+ bounds] → dépasser
to overstep the mark → dépasser la mesure

overstep [ˌəʊvəˈstɛp] vt to overstep the mark → superare ogni limite

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disobey
encroach
exceed
excel
excessively
go across
go past
go through
hyperbaton
no-ball
Pass
presumptuously
service line
social rank
social station
social status
stand out
surpass
transcend

and if you overstep it, maybe you will be still unhappier.

Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

The undertaker, instructed to spare no expense, provided long-tailed black horses, with black palls on their backs and black plumes upon their foreheads; coachmen decorated with scarves and jack-boots, black hammercloths, cloaks, and gloves, with many hired mourners, who, however, would have been instantly discharged had they presumed to betray emotion, or in any way overstep their function of walking beside the hearse with brass-tipped batons in their hands.

An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context

"Pardon me, Miss Henley," he cried, and the apology was unconsciously paid to the commanding purity and dignity of her air, "if I overstep the rules of decorum, and hasten to declare that which I know years of trial would hardly justify my saying; but your beauty, your grace, your----your----where shall I find words to express it?

Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

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