Associations to the word «Overstep»

Wiktionary

OVERSTEP, verb. (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.

Dictionary definition

OVERSTEP, verb. Pass beyond (limits or boundaries).
OVERSTEP, verb. Be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne