overstep

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌəʊvəˈstɛp/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. / To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.

日本語の意味

物理的または抽象的な境界や限界を越える / 定められた規則や慣習を逸脱する / 歩行時に足を前に出しすぎる（足の踏み出しが大きすぎる）

英語の意味

(transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions. / To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.

このボタンはなに？

Please don't overstep the boundary between professional and personal relationships.

仕事上の関係と個人的な関係の境界を越えないでください。

詳細

意味（1）

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

That color scheme really oversteps the bounds of good taste.

詳細

意味（2）

To take a step in which the foot touches ground too far forward.

As an instance of this inability to control the muscles well, may be cited the almost constant tendency to understep or overstep especially with the fore legs.

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意味（3）

To move with a gait such that the hind foot touches the ground forward of the point where the front foot touches the ground.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:overstep.

詳細

oversteps （ present singular third-person ）

overstepping （ participle present ）

overstepped （ participle past ）

overstepped （ past ）