I didn't mean to overstep my bounds.
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Overstep
/ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/
Synonyms for "overstep" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
abuse a privilegeadvanceadvance uponbotherbreak boundscontravenedisobeyencroachencroach uponexaggerateexceed
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (27)
Verb(5 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (46)
overreachoverrunovershootovershoot the fieldovershoot the markoverstep the boundsoverstridepasspresume onpresume uponsuperaboundsurpasstake a libertytake libertiestranscendtransgresstrespasstroubleusurp
Verb(17 words)
Noun(10 words)
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7 entriesCollocations
11 entriesethical overstepinstitutional oversteplegal overstepoverstep authorityoverstep boundariesoverstep ethical guidelinesoverstep of authorityoverstep protocoloverstep the limitoverstep the linepolicy overstep
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4 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to overstep my bounds.
Source: tatoeba (2699450)
Don't overstep my boundaries.
Source: tatoeba (10862527)
Don't overstep the mark!
Source: tatoeba (11663536)
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