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Oversteps meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of overstep
Example sentences (7)
It is a common, indeed a necessary and inevitable, part of devolution settlements across the world that the central or federal government retains the power to rein in a devolved legislature when it oversteps its authority.
Every one of them oversteps what is already in state law.
Mendes suggests that shifting from the Gulch bridge to streetlights or trash cans oversteps that rule.
But it slightly oversteps its bounds by trying on one too many hats late in the movie—a dramatic element unfolds that’s supposed to pull at your heartstrings but ends up feeling false, as well as being a distraction from all the toothsome crime stuff.
But the previous policy “oversteps the boundaries that we, by law and by our expertise, should be involving ourselves in,” she said.
For each minute by which a player oversteps the time control, a penalty of 10 points is assessed.
The number of minutes is rounded up, so, for example, if a player oversteps time control by two minutes and five seconds, the penalty is 30 points.