overstep

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

oversteps

V_ing/Gerund

overstepping

V_ed/pp

overstepped

1.
(transitive)To 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.
Đồng nghĩa: transgress, outstep
2.
To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.
3.
To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:overstep.

Danh từ

noun

1.
(uncountable)A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground.
2.
(uncountable)A movement in which one oversteps.
3.
(uncountable)A decision or action that goes too far.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

transgress outstep

Cùng gốc / liên quan

overstepperoverstep the lineoverstep the mark

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English *oversteppen, from Old English ofersteppan, from Proto-Germanic *uberstapjaną (to step over; overstep). Cognate with overstappen, överstappen, überstapfen, überstepfen. Cf. transgress. en over step.