Overstepped

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.

"That color scheme really oversteps the bounds of good taste."

2.verbTo take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.

3.verbTo move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.

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