I didn't mean to overstep my bounds.
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Overstep
//ˌəʊvəˈstɛp//
Synonyms for "overstep" (59 found)
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Related words (29)
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19 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَخَطَّى verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Bulgarian
2 entries- прекрачвам verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
- престъпвам verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Catalan
1 entries- ultrapassar verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Czech
2 entries- překračovat verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
- překročit verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Danish
1 entries- overtræde verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Dutch
1 entries- overschrijden verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
French
1 entries- outrepasser verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
German
1 entries- überschreiten verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Hindi
1 entries- लाँघना verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Hungarian
1 entries- túllép verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Italian
1 entries- oltrepassare verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آشمق verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Russian
1 entries- переступа́ть verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Spanish
1 entries- propasarse verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Swedish
1 entries- överträda verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Ukrainian
2 entries- переступа́ти verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
- переступи́ти verb (To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to overstep my bounds.
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Don't overstep my boundaries.
Source: tatoeba (10862527)
Don't overstep the mark!
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