go too far

idiom

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

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Now that the disease has spread widely, Kennedy is changing his tune – frustrating supporters and detractors alike for seeming to at once go too far in favor of the MMR vaccine and not far enough. David Oliver, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025 Finding the best and cheapest goods can go too far, Pinchuk added, and Americans already understood that reshoring was good. Kevin Breuninger,dan Mangan,ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025 The persistent problem with anti-deepfake laws Though the goal of limiting deepfakes is a laudable one, critics worry some of the laws and bills being pursued go too far. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2025 There’s an argument to be made in a future column that some European governments go too far to curtail legitimate free speech. Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 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 18 Apr. 2025.

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