go too far

idiom

: to do something that is not allowed
This time you've gone too far!

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In other words, perhaps don’t go too far with the Boomer jokes if your primary audience is in the 65+ age cohort. Anton Naianzin, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 The Charity character, too, is played for laughs at times, but the latest offering in the Simple Favor world at the very least doesn't go too far to show just how horrifying Emily's predicament came to be. Dory Jackson, People.com, 5 May 2025 Scaling back enforcement As the federal government tries to undo the past four years of the Biden administration’s hard-line policies, some skepticism remains over whether the administration could go too far in its scaling back of enforcement. Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025 But of course, Cunningham couldn’t go too far without acknowledging more work lies ahead. Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go too far

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“Go too far.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20too%20far. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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