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verb
to venture beyond one's competence or purview
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From the Latin phrase ultra crepidam ("beyond the sandal"). An allusion to the response of the Greek painter Apelles to a cobbler's criticism, as recorded by Pliny the Elder.
