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go too far collapse

know no bounds collapse

overstep collapse

usurp collapse: take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

transgress collapse: pass beyond (limits or boundaries); act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"; spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline; "The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"

encroach collapse: advance beyond the usual limit

invade collapse: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"; penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"; occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

infringe collapse

irrupt collapse

intrude collapse: thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"; enter uninvited; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"; search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"

superabound collapse

trespass collapse: entry to another's property without right or permission; a wrongful interference with the possession of property (personal property as well as realty), or the action instituted to recover damages; break the law; make excessive use of; "You are taking advantage of my good will!"; "She is trespassing upon my privacy"; enter unlawfully on someone's property; "Don't trespass on my land!"

limits collapse

go overboard collapse

overexercise collapse

overindulge collapse

overspend collapse: spend at a high rate; spend more than available of (a budget)

go beyond collapse

coordinates collapse

exaggerate collapse

overexert collapse: exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength; "don't overexert yourself when exercising!"

contravene collapse

overemphasize collapse: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book"

overshoot collapse: an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt; aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"; shoot beyond or over (a target)

disobey collapse: refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"

go to extremes collapse

perimeter collapse: a line enclosing a plane areas

overplay collapse

overdrive collapse: a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power; the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive"; drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"

overwork collapse: the act of working too much or too long; "he became ill from overwork"; use too much; "This play has been overworked"; work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

overdo collapse: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

overact collapse: exaggerate one's acting

take liberties collapse

overreact collapse: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"

transcend collapse

confines collapse: a bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city"

parameter collapse: a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves; a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data; any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

overstrain collapse: too much strain; strain excessively; "He overextended himself when he accepted the additional assignment"

presume upon collapse

intemperately collapse

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