overstep

[ oh-ver-step ]

/ ˌoʊ vərˈstɛp /

to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one's authority.

Origin of overstep

before 1000; Middle English oversteppen, Old English ofersteppan. See over-, step

I'd enjoy seeing a trillion dollar coin minted purely for the deservedly righteous indignation such an overstep would create.

Why Not Mint a 100 Trillion Dollar Platinum Coin? | |January 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Will they overstep and abuse their mandate, turning themselves into a perfect foil for a resurgent Barack Obama?

Capitol Hill's New Ruling Class |Lloyd Grove |November 3, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
There, he sold a number of political caricatures that were careful not to overstep Nazi lines.

When Hitler Was a Punchline |Rudolph Herzog |May 14, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The limitations of an art are in reality its strength and to overstep its boundaries means to weaken it.

The Photoplay |Hugo Mnsterberg

He knew just how far it was proper for him to go, and never once did he overstep those bounds.

The Soldier of the Valley |Nelson Lloyd
If we overstep the limit this country will get too hot for us.

Oh, You Tex! |William Macleod Raine
But does it not depend upon their caprice alone to overstep these bounds?

Egmont |Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
But those of us who overstep the border become preposterous in the eyes of those who have never done so.

Bat Wing |Sax Rohmer

overstep

/ (ˌəʊvəˈstɛp) /

(tr) to go beyond (a certain or proper limit)