overstep
verb (used with object)
to go beyond; exceed.
will overstep
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future tenseof overstep.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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There is therefore an increasing danger the short sellers will overstep by accusing healthy Chinese entities in the U.S. of misbehaving and face legal action from the companies or the authorities as a result.
From Reuters ● Jul. 3, 2011
They will respect this limit only while they have moral sense and sufficient money for themselves: they will overstep it when they lose their moral sense or even do not require funds.
From What Shall We Do? by Leo Tolstoy, Count
It is vain to limit a character like hers within ordinary boundaries—she will overstep them.
From Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter
In so doing he will overstep the limit of his rights.
From The Northern Light by E. Werner
