as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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Recent Examples of overstep
AfD firebrand Björn Höcke was last year adjudged to have overstepped that line.
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
After Republicans retook the House in 2010, the view among conservatives was that President Barack Obama was overstepping his powers out of frustration with congressional inaction.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Fellow Redditors shared the consensus that the bride is not treating her sister fairly and is overstepping by asking her to help cover some of the wedding costs.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Supporters of the government, however, argue the attorney general’s office has overstepped its mandate, politicizing legal oversight.
—Eugenia Yosef, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Alexander Smith, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025
After Republicans retook the House in 2010, the view among conservatives was that President Barack Obama was overstepping his powers out of frustration with congressional inaction.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Fellow Redditors shared the consensus that the bride is not treating her sister fairly and is overstepping by asking her to help cover some of the wedding costs.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Supporters of the government, however, argue the attorney general’s office has overstepped its mandate, politicizing legal oversight.
—Eugenia Yosef, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstep. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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