overstep

Example Sentences

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Pike testified that it was not his job “to overstep and tell him what to do. He earned that rank.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Some point out it’s a small percentage of visitors who overstep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Our three-branch system of government relies on each branch serving as a check on the other branches' power, ensuring that they don't overstep their authority and boundaries.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

His overstep appeared to have decided the game in Phoenix's favour but he showed nerves of steel to recover the situation.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

To do so would be to overstep the bounds, and to display a bourgeois lack of cool.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood