Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

overstep

[oh-ver-step]

verb (used with object)

overstepped, overstepping 
  1. to go beyond; exceed.

    to overstep one's authority.



overstep

/ ˌəʊəˈɛ /

verb

  1. (tr) to go beyond (a certain or proper limit)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of overstep1

before 1000; Middle English oversteppen, Old English ofersteppan. See over-, step
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Last month, a federal suit was filed by a Texas-based conservative think tank on behalf of plaintiffs to invalidate the Chuckwalla monument, arguing Biden had overstepped his authority when he created it.

From

While the president's allies cheer him on, both the governor of California and the mayor of Los Angeles say Trump is overstepping his authority and stoking tensions.

From

In the intervening years, Tehran has steadily overstepped the 2015 agreement's limits on its nuclear programme, designed to make it harder to develop an atomic bomb.

From

Three days later, Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer filed another emergency appeal at the Supreme Court arguing that a judge had overstepped her authority.

From

Trump's tariff regime remains in the balance following the decision by the US Court of International Trade, which ruled that Trump had overstepped his power by imposing the duties.

From

Advertisement

Related Words

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


oversteeroverstimulation