overstep
IPA: ˈoʊvɝstɛp
noun
- A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground.
- A movement in which one oversteps.
verb
- (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
- 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.
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Examples of "overstep" in Sentences
- That is overstepping the line.
- The health section oversteps the research.
- Some interpretation can overstep the mark.
- This is quite an overstep to change the name.
- Equal time in the lead maybe overstepping it.
- It is an overstep of the nature of disambig pages.
- It may be the case that the administrator overstepped the mark.
- Mochi's passionate depiction appears oversteps the decorum of the place.
- How did their activities overstep the line of normal buying and selling
- Giddy with their success, the radicals now started to overstep their bounds.
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