overstep

But after decades of interacting with others, I trust my instincts not to overstep, to know when to stay in my own lane when the other lane doesn’t seem receptive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Pike testified that it was not his job “to overstep and tell him what to do. He earned that rank.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Known to occasionally overstep with her kids by offering hugs or driving a child who missed the bus home, Justine swears she knows as little about the disappearance as everyone else in town.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025

"I know there have been complaints about it but I don't want to speak too much about it and overstep the mark," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

To do so would be to overstep the bounds, and to display a bourgeois lack of cool.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Society loses sight of human reality “when the economy turns against the person or science oversteps the limits of its competence,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

In the annals of strategic oversteps in America’s post-9/11 forever war, our shoeless airport security lines will go down as a footnote.

From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025

The kinetic staging, while keeping the action from becoming claustrophobic, sometimes oversteps the mark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025

Watch as England miss three big chances to pick up Australian wickets as Jonny Bairstow misses a stumping and drops a catch and Stuart Broad oversteps after bowling Usman Khawaja.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2023

“Someone tend the babe before he oversteps himself,” the noble said to the crowd.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

However, she definitely overstepped the mark by indicating that leaving the home to her two adult children is the “decent” thing to do.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Ali was found to have overstepped and Root was reprieved on 23.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

In his lawsuit, Black said the committee overstepped its authority by asking Black about NDAs that weren’t related to Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

"The Court has concluded that the Board overstepped its statutory bounds by unilaterally renaming the Kennedy Center after President Trump," Judge Christopher Cooper ruled.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

For a moment I thought I had overstepped my limits.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

This column would love to believe that this story is about a vice president overstepping his authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

I want to teach my young relative good money habits without overstepping the parents’ authority.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026

These included avoiding solo trips, road trips, or cycling trips for safety - which many saw as the institutions overstepping their authority in students' private lives.

From BBC ● May 26, 2025

The company has ignored commission demands that it cease work and has filed suit against the commission, accusing it of overstepping its authority.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025

“I may be overstepping myself a little,” I said as I held out my hand for him to shake.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss