overstep the line

A form of overstep the mark — To behave in an unacceptable or morally reprehensible way.

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Meanings

verboverstep the line (third-person singular simple present oversteps the line, present participle overstepping the line, simple past and past participle overstepped the line)

present singular third person oversteps the line · participle present overstepping the line · participle past overstepped the line · past overstepped the line

  1. alternativeAlternative form of overstep the mark.

    And they might overstep the line / But you just cannot get angry in the same way

    2006, Alex Turner, “A Certain Romance”, in Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, performed by Arctic Monkeys
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APA

overstep the line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstep%20the%20line

MLA

“overstep the line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstep%20the%20line. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overstep the line,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstep%20the%20line.

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