Sentence examples for oversteps from inspiring English sources

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The word "oversteps" is correct in written English
It is typically used to describe someone exceeding their boundaries or limits, often in a social or professional context.
Example: "The manager oversteps her authority when she makes decisions without consulting the team."
Alternatives: "Exceeds" or "Transgresses"

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oversteps

verb

Third person singular of overstep

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"I want clean water but Obama Admin again oversteps with flawed reg on waters that hurts farmers & small business.

The shipping companies want to be ready for it.In this section Washington learns a new language The little dipper Obama oversteps The survivor Crying out for dollars Suffer the children The shipping news Reporting for one last duty ReprintsMr Middlebrook says the rebirth of American heavy manufacturing, led by the automotive industry, has been a bright spot for shipping recently.

These are not issues that should be glossed with vague assurances; the government ought to have specific guidelines that a) can be publicly debated, and b) will constrain the administration, as oversteps will be apparent.Convenience or politics are not good motivations for interventions of this sort.

YESTERDAY Roger Vinson, a district court judge in Florida, ruled that Obamacare's controversial individual mandate is, as the federal government maintains, necessary for the law to function as intended, but that it is not proper, because it oversteps Congress' commerce-clause powers.

If the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court's secret reinterpretation of the intended meaning of "relevant" in the Patriot Act oversteps the Supreme Court's prevailing interpretation of the fourth amendment, the NSA's data-harvesting programme may be responsible for hundreds of millions of violations of Americans' constitutional rights.

Opinions as to whether this oversteps the president's authority mainly break down along political lines.

The Tennessee Walking Horse is noted for its running walk, a slowgliding gait in which the hind foot oversteps the print of the front foot by as much as 24 inches (600 millimetres).

I'd say that this film freighted with borrowings (Richard Brody of the New Yorker even says that the "biggest surprise" of the film occurs with the opening credits "borrowed" from Jean-Luc Godard) oversteps the mark with the locked-out-of-theatre joke.

"His will and desire oversteps the mark the odd time, which has got him in trouble, but if you are talking about tactical and technical ability he is up there with the world's best and he is a brilliant player to have".

If Moyles oversteps the mark again Parfitt "will deal with that when it arrives".

After assigning posts according to individual capacities, the ruler should demand satisfactory performance of the responsibilities devolving on their posts and punish anyone who is derelict of duty or oversteps his power.

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