over-steps
vərˈstɛp verb (used with object), o·ver·stepped, o·ver·step·ping.
to go beyond; exceed: to overstep one's authority.
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| —vb , -steps, -stepping, -stepped | |
| (tr) to go beyond (a certain or proper limit) | |
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Over-steps
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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overstep
O.E. ofersteppan, from ofer "over" + steppan "to step" (see step). From the beginning, used in fig. senses.
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