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the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
Recent Examples of overstep from the Web
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Government officials accused the OSCE of overstepping its remit.
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Attorneys for the districts argued that the Legislature overstepped its constitutional authority.
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The Skylight production is most effective at capturing family interplay, quarrelsome when boundaries are overstepped, fond when common ground is regained.
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At the core of their arguments, Republicans say, is that the state court overstepped its bounds.
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While a few overstepped their rhetorical bounds – and were properly cooled by moderator Jake Tapper – the rest asked valuable questions.
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But farm groups say the DEA has overstepped its authority with cannabis-oil products, and that threatens a promising rural economic opportunity.
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Some defendants accuse city leaders of selective code enforcement, overstepping their authority and gouging commercial utility customers with $5,000 in connection fees for businesses, levies established in a local ordinance adopted in 2013.
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Legal challenges may also argue that the decision oversteps the FCC’s procedural authority to change rules, though courts have in the past given the agency broad leeway.
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First Known Use of overstep
before 12th century
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Definition of overstep for English Language Learners
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: to go beyond what is proper or allowed by (something)
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