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单词 overstep
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overstep

/əʊvəˈstɛp /
verb (oversteps, overstepping, overstepped)
Pass beyond or exceed (a limit or standard): you must not overstep your borrowing limit he has overstepped the bounds of acceptable discipline...
  • Last week he turned down a request by the opposition for the convening of parliament in defiance of the president, saying he ‘can not overstep the limits’ of his powers.
  • But the defence still wants some of the items disqualified, claiming that investigators overstepped the limits of the search warrant.
  • In some ways, however, it was the court's majority that was in danger of overstepping the limits of its power.

Phrases

overstep the mark

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