Synonyms for outstep
- beat
- eclipse
- exceed
- outpace
- outperform
- outstrip
- outweigh
- pass
- rank
- top
- best
- better
- cap
- excel
- outdistance
- outgo
- outmatch
- outrank
- outrival
- outrun
- outshine
- override
- overshadow
- overstep
- surmount
- tower
- transcend
- trump
- go beyond
- go one better
- improve upon
- put to shame
- tower above
Antonyms for outstep
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR OUTSTEP
Tseng-tzu said, Even in his thoughts, a gentleman does not outstep his place.
Here, as Aristotle remarks, Socrates and Plato outstep the truth—they make a part of virtue into the whole.
WORD ORIGIN
Old English steppan (Anglian), stæppan (West Saxon) "take a step," from West Germanic *stap- "tread" (cf. Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch stap, Old High German stapfo, German stapfe "footstep"), from PIE root *stebh- "to tread, step" (cf. Old Church Slavonic stopa "step, pace," stepeni "step, degree"). Originally strong (past tense stop, past participle bestapen); weak forms emerged 13c., universal from 16c. Stepping stone first recorded early 14c.; in the figurative sense 1650s. Step on it "hurry up" is 1923, from notion of gas pedal; step out (v.) is from 1907.