Be over-presumptuous about what a dictator might do (4,9)
I believe the answer is:
take liberties
'over-presumptuous about what a dictator might do' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'be' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'be' could be 'take' (taking is a kind of being) and 'take' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'liberties' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for take liberties that I've seen before include "Treat with undue familiarity" , "Impudently go too far" .)