0 to go further than what is considered acceptable or correct:
The bad language in that show overstepped the limits/boundaries of what should be allowed on television.
1 to go beyond what is permitted or acceptable:
By not overstepping the intention, but also by not overlooking anything, one will understand the author completely.
In the euthanasia debate, overstepping boundaries is the danger, as it is in all growing technical wizardry over life and death decisions.
Furthermore, the courts are receptive to procedural arguments as there is less risk of them overstepping their constitutional role of supervising rather than making policy.
The imperial authorities fully exploited and sometimes overstepped their constitutional powers: there were imperial laws for everything.
Yes, this has a more dangerous anarchistic undertone: 'there is no rule that may not be overstepped'.
There is, however, little doubt that visiting poll-watchers overstepped their mandate when they suggested the same.
Although normal fault zones typically extend in excess of 100 km, they commonly comprise an array of overstepping and linked fault segments.
Learned heuristics that avoid the design generation that oversteps site boundaries.
