overstep

🇺🇸 /ˌəʊvərˈstep/ 🇬🇧 /ˌəʊvəˈstep/
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Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to do more than you should or are allowed to do

When you overstep, you do something that you're not supposed to do. For example, if you overstep in a game, you might break a rule.

translation

v. to do more than you should or are allowed to do

Word Forms

3rd Present oversteps
Past overstepped
Perfect overstepped
Progressive overstepping