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

Example sentences :

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

obey

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