overstep the mark/line

phrase

: to go beyond what is proper or allowed by something

She warned us not to overstep the mark/line.

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Would this long-time climate campaigner with a once controversial fondness for penning his thoughts to ministers overstep the mark in a constitutional monarchy? — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2023 For all their respect for the environment, Mei and her colleagues overstep the mark at one critical juncture. — Lewis Gordon, Wired, 13 Oct. 2021

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