overstep
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they overstep | |
| he / she / it oversteps | |
| past simple overstepped | |
| past participle overstepped | |
| -ing form overstepping |
- overstep something
to go beyond what is normal or allowed 超越（正常或允许的）范围；越权；僭越 Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverstep is used with these nouns as the object:- authority
- boundary
- limit
- …
Idioms
overstep the mark/line
to behave in a way that people think is not acceptable （行为）越轨 She realized she had overstepped the mark and quickly apologized. 她意识到自己越界了，很快就道歉了。