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Overstep Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Overstep has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A gait in which the hind foot touches ground in front of where the front foot touches the ground.

Verb
1

pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

2

be superior or better than some standard

"She exceeded our expectations"

"She topped her performance of last year"

3

To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pass excel
Rhyming Words
tep step hotep bestep instep unstep upstep dubstep substep in step brostep airstep misstep catstep imhotep pawstep outstep crowstep doorstep hardstep
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