Overstep
[əʊvə'step] or [,ovɚ'stɛp]
Definition
(v. t.) To step over or beyond; to transgress.
Editor: Sidney
Definition
v.t. to step beyond: to exceed.
Edited by Babbage
Examples
- Do your duty, but be careful not to overstep it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The wits would perform the office of introduction with overcharged pomp and politeness, but they could not easily overstep his sense of its gravity. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- With all his faults, Trenor had the safeguard of his traditions, and was the less likely to overstep them because they were so purely instinctive. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He was gay, playful, fascinating--but never did he overstep the modesty of nature, or the respect due to himself, in his wildest sallies. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Margie