over the boundary

Frequency: 5.84.5 per million words

movement from one side of a physical boundary to the other

Examples (10)

  • The batsman hit the ball powerfully over the boundary for six runs.
  • The neighbor's dog keeps jumping over the boundary fence into our garden.
  • If the ball goes over the boundary line, the other team gets a point.
  • The hikers unknowingly stepped over the boundary into private land.
  • Any drone flying over the boundary of the military base will be shot down.
  • The deer leaped gracefully over the boundary wall of the national park.
  • A surveyor was called to determine if the new shed was built over the boundary.
  • The farmer warned them not to let their cattle wander over the boundary.
  • Are you allowed to retrieve a ball that has gone over the boundary of the school grounds?
  • Soldiers were ordered not to advance over the boundary until the signal was given.