overstep
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Synonyms: overseer, oversee, overseen, overset, overtop, overslip, overseed, vertep, oersted, oversleep, overstay
Antonyms: overseer, oversee, overseen, overset, overtop, overslip, overseed, vertep, oersted, oversleep, overstay
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Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross [[boundaries]] or exceed [[norms]] or [[conventions]].
- To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.
- To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.
Noun
- A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground.
- A movement in which one oversteps.
- A decision or action that goes too far.
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