OVERSTEP definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you say that someone oversteps the limits of a system or situation, you mean that they do something that is not allowed or is not acceptable The Commission is sensitive to accusations that it is overstepping its authority [VERB noun] In male company, perhaps he did overstep the bounds of propriety [VERB noun]
overstep - Wiktionary, the free dictionary overstep (third-person singular simple present oversteps, present participle overstepping, simple past and past participle overstepped) ( transitive ) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions