överträda — meaning in English
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English meaning
- overstep verb To go further than is allowed or appropriate; to cross a line.
- transgress verb To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
- violate verb To break or fail to comply with a law, rule, or agreement.
Senses
överträda is used for these senses in English:
- overstep (transitive) To go too far beyond (a limit); especially, to cross boundaries or exceed norms or conventions.
- transgress (transitive) To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
- violate (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
transgress — full definition
- verb To exceed or overstep some limit or boundary.
- verb To act in violation of some law.
- verb To commit an offense; to sin.
- verb To spread over land along a shoreline; to inundate.