Overstep \O`ver*step"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overstepped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overstepping}.] [AS. ofersteppan.] To step over or beyond; to transgress; as, to overstep the bounds of propriety. --Shak. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Werner Friedrich, deputy director of the Swiss Hotel Association, told Bern's Der Bund newspaper the prospect was "frightening." "Such a change of food laws would definitely overstep the boundaries of good taste," he was quoted as saying.