overstep

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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.

If you say that someone oversteps the limits of a system or situation, you mean that they do something that is not allowed or is not acceptable. The Commission is sensitive to accusations that it is overstepping its authority = go beyond If someone oversteps the mark, they behave in a way that is considered unacceptable. He overstepped the mark and we had no option but to suspend him. = go too far
go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
{f} exceed; take something beyond the limit; cross a boundary
To step over or beyond; to transgress
pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
overstep one's authority
go beyond one's power, exceed one's jurisdiction
overstepped
past of overstep
oversteps
third-person singular of overstep
overstep
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