overstep

as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school

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“Overstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstep. Accessed 5 May. 2024.

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