Meanings
present singular third person goes too far · participle present going too far · past went too far · participle past gone too far
- idiomaticTo exceed an unstated limit, especially of acceptable behaviour.
I don't mind if you make soup too, but asking for the family recipe is going too far.
1 more example
I take it all, I let it slide But hey, you went too far this time
2015 May 12, Rachel Platten, Jon Levine, Scott Jacoby, “Congratulations”, in Fight Song, performed by Rachel PlattenSynonyms: cross the line, overstep the mark
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo exceed an unstated limit, especially of acceptable behaviour.
Translations
Catalan extralimitar-se, excedir-se
- extralimitar-seexceed an unstated limit
- excedir-seexceed an unstated limit
- sobrepassar els límitsexceed an unstated limit
Chinese Mandarin 過火 /过火
- 過火 /过火 (guòhuǒ)exceed an unstated limit
Czech zajít příliš daleko
- zajít příliš dalekoexceed an unstated limit
Finnish mennä liian pitkälle
- mennä liian pitkälleexceed an unstated limit
French exagérer, dépasser les bornes
- exagérerexceed an unstated limit
- dépasser les bornesexceed an unstated limit
- pousser le bouchonexceed an unstated limit
German zu weit gehen, es zu weit treiben
- zu weit gehenexceed an unstated limit
- es zu weit treibenexceed an unstated limit
Hungarian elveti a sulykot, túlzásba visz
- elveti a sulykotexceed an unstated limit
- túlzásba viszexceed an unstated limit
- messzire megyexceed an unstated limit
- túlmegy egy határonexceed an unstated limit
- túllő a célonexceed an unstated limit
Polish przeciągać strunę, przeciągnąć strunę
- przeciągać strunęexceed an unstated limit
- przeciągnąć strunęexceed an unstated limit
Russian зайти́ далеко́, зайти́ сли́шком далеко́
- зайти́ далеко́ (zajtí dalekó)exceed an unstated limit
- зайти́ сли́шком далеко́ (zajtí slíškom dalekó)exceed an unstated limit
Spanish pasarse, pasarse de la raya
- pasarseexceed an unstated limit
- pasarse de la rayaexceed an unstated limit
- pasar de castaño oscuroexceed an unstated limit
Turkish ipin ucunu kaçırmak
- ipin ucunu kaçırmakexceed an unstated limit
Cite this entry
go too far. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20too%20far
“go too far.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20too%20far. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go too far,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20too%20far.
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