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Word entry · 8 letters

overstep

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"Go too far"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/Part of speech verbSorted eeoprstvStarts with OEnds with P1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (OVERSTEP).

Definitions

  1. 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.

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