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overstep

 verb
     
o‧ver‧step past tense and past participle overstepped, present participle overstepping [transitive]
1

overstep the limits/bounds/boundaries

to do something that is not acceptable or allowed:
He has overstepped the bounds of acceptable behaviour.
2

overstep the mark

to offend someone by doing or saying things that you should not do or say:
She overstepped the mark and lost her job.
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