overstep bounds

overstep your/its bounds

also overstep the bounds

to do more than you are allowed to do or should do Many believe that Congress overstepped its bounds in passing this new gun control law. Some of his colleagues may have overstepped the bounds of good taste.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Balch	[bɔ:ltʃ]
Waldron	['wɔ:ldrən]
Gold	[gəuld]
Heleentje	hay-LAY:N-tyə	Dutch
Andrea (2)	AN-dree-ə (English), an-DRAY-ə (English), ahn-DRE-ah (German)	English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Cr
Alessandra	ahl-e-SAHN-drah	Italian