Synonyms for overstepped
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-step |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈstɛp |
Définition of overstepped
Origin :- Old English ofersteppan "to step over or beyond, cross, exceed;" see over- + step (v.). From the beginning used in figurative senses. Related: Overstepped; overstepping.
- verb exceed
- verb infringe
- It was unspeakably humiliating to be told that she had overstepped her authority.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- He has his orders, and would be marked for discouragement if he overstepped them.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- The conventions of conduct were all against her, offering a barrier that was not to be overstepped.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- There was no answer, and I feared I had overstepped the mark; but I dared further.
- Extract from : « Margaret Tudor » by Annie T. Colcock
- That line once overstepped, there was to be no further faltering.
- Extract from : « Hannibal » by Jacob Abbott
- Then, in an absent way, he overstepped the limit of his own room-frontage.
- Extract from : « The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol » by William J. Locke
- Having said this he seemed to feel that he had overstepped a barrier.
- Extract from : « Esmeralda » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- "There are limits to human nature" which cannot lightly be overstepped.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
- But woe to the unfortunate Rosetta if she overstepped the bounds of respect!
- Extract from : « The Crisis, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- But he had just overstepped the limit allowed in even these liberal times.
- Extract from : « The Angel » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Antonyms for overstepped
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