overstep the line

English

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of overstep the mark
   • 2006, Alex Turner (lyrics and music), “A Certain Romance”, in Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

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