overstep in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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overstep in the PONS Dictionary

overstep Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to overstep the mark
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The findings of factory investigations show that the supervisor often oversteps their duties.
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As a judge he has been called slow in decision and fearful of overstepping the written word of a statute.
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An onlap is a more general term than overstep, in which the younger beds overlap onto successively older beds.
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The scale discards color as being part of a color wheel and ignores musical/logarithmic perception so it can overstep the limits of human perception.
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We don't want to overstep the bounds of our authority.
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Indeed, it was not uncommon for governors to overstep their boundaries.
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The warrior even literally oversteps the boundaries between life and art, putting his toes over the edge of the plinth.
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She feels that a boundary has been overstepped and it could put a big strain on their relationship.
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Ideally, the advancing rear hoof oversteps the spot where the previously advancing front hoof touched the ground.
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Many people feel that just because it was a closed meeting does not mean that normal moral boundaries can be overstepped without fear of retribution.
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