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What does overstep mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word overstep? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
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All states that overstep Security Council resolutions would be liable to sanction.
And there's almost no penalty at all for state actors who overstep their authority.
As a luminary and law minister, he cannot be expected to overstep his jurisdiction and transgress his limits beyond his domain.
This is a situation where no dialogue is possible, due to the existence of ethical limits that we cannot overstep.
The Conservatives are prepared to overstep Quebec's jurisdictions and we think that is unacceptable.
There is a limit to these kinds of demands and we will have to make sure that we do not overstep that limit.

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