the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
Recent Examples on the WebThe complaint claimed Clarkson, 42, should be awarded more than the $2.6 million that a California labor commissioner ruled her ex owed her from allegedly overstepping his legal limits as her manager.—Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024 In particular, if someone else has overstepped their bounds, pushing back against their excesses is necessary to restore balance.—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2024 The court ultimately did not rule on the veracity of Lewis’ rape allegation against the filmmaker, but rather if Polanski had overstepped a free speech boundary and defamed Lewis in responding to her allegations.—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024 And states with Republican attorneys general have filed legal challenges against most if not all of Mr. Biden’s regulations, including a suit announced on Thursday by 27 states arguing that the administration overstepped its authority in cracking down on smokestack pollution from power plants.—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for overstep
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of overstep was
before the 12th century
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