B2verb · transitive · rare

overstep

overstep · oversteps · overstepped · overstepping

переступити, переступати

переступать

überschreiten

To go too far beyond; especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventionsTo go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.

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UK/ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/US/ˌoʊvɚˈstɛp/

» Tom has overstepped his authority again.

Том снова превысил свои полномочия.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)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.
überschreiten
переступа́тьperestupátʹ
переступа́тиperestupáty, переступи́тиperestupýty
pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.
To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:overstep.

Examples

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Tom has overstepped his authority again.
ruТом снова превысил свои полномочия.
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I'm sorry if I overstepped my authority.
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I don't think Tom has overstepped his authority.
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I'm pretty sure that Tom has overstepped his authority.
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I don't think that Tom has overstepped his authority.
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Translations

7 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.:

Русский

By meaning 1

To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.:

Origin

From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *ubers

From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (“to step over; overstep”). Cognate with Dutch overstappen, German Low German överstappen, German überstapfen, überstepfen. Cf. transgress. By surface analysis, over- + step.

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