1. (loan) overstep the mark, over the top, gone too far, out the gate - an idiom adopted from English to indicate that one’s comments or behaviour is unacceptable. Sometimes written as three words, oa te māka.
Oatemāka ngā kōrero a Timi inapō. / Timi’s comments lastnight overstepped the mark.
Synonyms: tuwhene
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