overstep
verbNAmE//ˌoʊvərˈstɛp//
overstep somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they overstep he / she / it oversteps
past simple overstepped
-ing form overstepping
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to behave in a way that people think is not acceptable She realized she had overstepped the mark and quickly apologized.
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