Example Sentences

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If you know your skill set, your interests, your needs and who you are, you won’t make too many mistakes—because you won’t outstep what you know how to do.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2015

It's my first time at the Oliviers, so I don't want to outstep my balance; I'm not going to wear magenta or neon and have you guys talking about me the next day.

From The Guardian • Apr. 25, 2013

Jordan Turner-Hall decided that trying to outstep a rush defence was counter-productive and chipped into space for his fellow centre, George Lowe, to pick up ahead of Ojo and score.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2010

We want some which do not far outstep us, and which we may follow with the hope of reaching; we want others to elevate, and others to defend us.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage

In the classroom she will usually outstep him in mathematics.

From The Business of Being a Woman by Tarbell, Ida M.