"go too far" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go too far.ogg Forms: goes too far [present, singular, third-person], going too far [participle, present], went too far [past], gone too far [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> too far}} go too far (third-person singular simple present goes too far, present participle going too far, simple past went too far, past participle gone too far)
  1. (idiomatic) To exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: cross the line, overstep the mark Translations: 過火 (Chinese Mandarin), 过火 (guòhuǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), zajít příliš daleko (Czech), mennä liian pitkälle (Finnish), exagérer (French), dépasser les bornes (French), pousser le bouchon (French), zu weit gehen (German), es zu weit treiben (German), elveti a sulykot (Hungarian), túlzásba visz (Hungarian), messzire megy (Hungarian), túlmegy egy határon (Hungarian), túllő a célon (Hungarian), przeciągać strunę [imperfective] (Polish), przeciągnąć strunę [perfective] (Polish), зайти́ далеко́ (zajtí dalekó) (Russian), зайти́ сли́шком далеко́ (zajtí slíškom dalekó) (Russian), pasarse (Spanish), pasarse de la raya (Spanish), pasar de castaño oscuro (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour."
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "word": "zajít příliš daleko"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "word": "mennä liian pitkälle"
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          "word": "exagérer"
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          "lang": "French",
          "word": "dépasser les bornes"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "word": "pousser le bouchon"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "word": "zu weit gehen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "word": "es zu weit treiben"
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          "roman": "zajtí dalekó",
          "word": "зайти́ далеко́"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
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        },
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      "word": "過火"
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      "word": "zajít příliš daleko"
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      "word": "exagérer"
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      "lang": "French",
      "word": "dépasser les bornes"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "pousser le bouchon"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "zu weit gehen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "es zu weit treiben"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "messzire megy"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "túlmegy egy határon"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "túllő a célon"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "pasarse"
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      "word": "pasarse de la raya"
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      "word": "pasar de castaño oscuro"
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