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past tense of overstep
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to go beyond the limit of
- the principal overstepped her authority in ordering everyone to remain in the unheated school
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“Overstepped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstepped. Accessed 20 Jan. 2022.
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