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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
overstep .
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Examples
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Gee, how else would a spokesman for the real party of treason, the Republicans, answer a charge that this criminal administration has once again overstepped the law so badly that even their own Kangaroo Court is voting against them!
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CNN, "White House: CBO 'overstepped' in its analysis" [...] lynn in NM
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The point is not that therapists have occasionally "overstepped" themselves.
Democracy Vs. Therapy Miller, Joshua 1980
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SCA charged that the WSCF had "overstepped" its functions and was turning into "a superstructure ... which is now busy enforcing the will of the majority on the minority".
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After his conviction, Jordan said he realized he'd "overstepped" legal bounds in his quest to get to know Thurman.
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But he said he had come to realize during the trial he had "overstepped" legal bounds.
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But he said he had come to realize during the trial he had "overstepped" legal bounds.
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But he said he had come to realize during the trial he had "overstepped" legal bounds.
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But Orszag said CBO seemed to have "overstepped" by providing a cost estimate of savings from the panel without specifying them.
Home/News Walter Alarkon 2010
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But Orszag said CBO seemed to have "overstepped" by providing a cost estimate of savings from the panel without specifying them.
Home/News Walter Alarkon 2010
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