go too far
Verb
Meaning
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)
(idiomatic) To exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour.
Synonyms: cross the line, overstep the mark
I don't mind if you make soup too, but asking for the family recipe is going too far.
Synonyms
Examples
All movements go too far.
I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.
Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far.
Sheyel had always maintained that few actions are driven by reason. People act out of emotion, perception, prejudice. They will believe what they've always believed, filtering out all evidence to the contrary. Until they go too far and run onto the rocks of reality.
I'm still trying to figure out what the right line is between myself and the people I play. Sometimes I go too far one way or too far the other.
Don't go too far in something.