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overstep <overstepped; overstepping> [ˌəʊvəˈstep] VB trans

overstep

overstep

超越(限度) chāoyuè

overstep one's authority

Usage examples with overstep

overstep one's authority

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An onlap is a more general term than overstep, in which the younger beds overlap onto successively older beds. en.wikipedia.org

He was later removed from his position for overstepping his limits and not being able to prove his claims. en.wikipedia.org

We don't want to overstep the bounds of our authority. en.wikipedia.org

As a judge he has been called slow in decision and fearful of overstepping the written word of a statute. en.wikipedia.org

Many of these tracks have a narrow gauge (meaning left and right prints are placed closely together) and nearly overstep each other. en.wikipedia.org

On the land, he pays no heed to property lines until he oversteps and is challenged. en.wikipedia.org

The performances of jumping events for distance are measured from a board or marker, and any athlete overstepping this mark is judged to have fouled. en.wikipedia.org

It is a more general term than overstep, in which the younger beds overlap onto successively older beds. en.wikipedia.org

His personality bordered on hard-nosed, and he rebuked those around him when they overstepped the boundary of their own capabilities (or authority). en.wikipedia.org

The scale discards color as being part of a color wheel and ignores musical/logarithmic perception so it can overstep the limits of human perception. en.wikipedia.org

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