Usually means: Exceed acceptable limits or boundaries.
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  1. overstep the mark: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overstep the mark: Merriam-Webster
  3. overstep the mark: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overstep the mark: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. overstep the mark: Wiktionary

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  1. overstep the mark: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (overstep the mark)

verb:  (idiomatic) To behave in an unacceptable or morally reprehensible way.

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