overstep
verb (used with object)
to go beyond; exceed.
are overstepping
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present progressiveof overstep.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A: Sometimes, you have to be direct with people who are overstepping.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
Sometimes, you have to be direct with people who are overstepping.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
So, having checked my gut, these people are overstepping.
From Slate ● Jan. 9, 2020
States’ attitudes, he reasoned, were as follows: “We have created you for a specific purpose, and you guys are overstepping what we created you do to.”
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2016
You are overstepping the limits of your duty, and asserting what you have no possible means of knowing.
From The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Horatio Alger
