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The phrase "stepped out of line" is grammatically correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when someone has done something that was considered inappropriate or out of order. Example: When the employee stepped out of line by speaking disrespectfully to his boss, he was reprimanded.
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Hartley-Brewer is known as "GBH" for her purported willingness to castrate men who step out of line.
If so, it stepped out of line this morning!
He punished those who stepped out of line.
When La Familia was in charge, nobody stepped out of line.
And the dreaded Stasi, which jailed and tortured citizens who stepped out of line?
Britain long ago stepped out of line with the rest of the EU.
"If you stepped out of line, he put you back," Coulter would recall.
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They are proud to be here - all those Samoans and Fijians and they say, "You step out of line, look out".
The consequences of stepping out of line are weighty: a maximum of five years in prison for doing something that is not necessarily an offence in law.
Don't step out of line.
If we step out of line, we're punished.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com