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"Go too far"2 answers
overstep8 lettersoverreach9 letters
Filled answer is this word (OVERSTEP).
Definitions
pass beyond (limits or boundaries)
Word origin
From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (“to step over; overstep”). Cognate with Dutch overstappen, German Low German överstappen, German überstapfen, überstepfen. Cf. transgress. By surface analysis, over- + step.
Used in a sentence
“That color scheme really oversteps the bounds of good taste.”
“As a result, there was a gain of 3½ min. from Goraghwood to Dundalk, which we reached 2 min. early. Nevertheless, the customs officials succeeded in overstepping their 13-min. time allowance, and we left 1 min. late.”
“As an instance of this inability to control the muscles well, may be cited the almost constant tendency to understep or overstep especially with the fore legs.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Go too far”8 letters
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