tread on

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tread (up)on someone or something

to walk or step on someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on. Step is more common than tread.) Don't tread on Sam, who is napping under the tree. Please don't tread on the freshly shampooed carpeting on the stairs.

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Shakespeare says something about worms, or it may be giants or beetles, turning if you tread on them too severely. His Wedded Wife by Kipling, Rudyard View in context Chanticleer observing that they were but thin fellows, and not likely to take up much room, told them they might ride, but made them promise not to dirty the wheels of the carriage in getting in, nor to tread on Partlet's toes. Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context So, in order not to offend him, we must not tread on a single blossom. The Patchwork Girl of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context			transgress against translate transliterate transmit transmit to transmute transport transpose trap trap in trap into trash travel travel across Travel broadens the mind travel by travel for travel light travel on travel over travel through travel with travesty of justice tread tread carefully tread on tread the boards tread water treat treat as treat like treat like dirt treat like muck treat to treat with kid gloves tree tree is known by its fruit trek trek across trek to tremble tremble at tremble from tremble with trend trend toward trespass trespass on trial trial and error trial balloon			Treacle of Andromachus Treacle water treacles treacles treaclier treacliest treacly TREACV tread tread tread tread tread tread board tread board tread board tread boards tread boards tread boards tread carefully tread down tread in tread in footsteps tread in footsteps tread in steps tread in steps tread in steps tread in steps tread length Tread Mill Test tread on tread on air tread on air tread on air tread on air tread on someone's toes tread on toes tread on toes tread on toes tread on toes tread out tread pattern tread plate tread return Tread Rubber Manufacturers Group tread run tread the boards tread the boards tread the boards tread the boards tread the boards tread the boards tread warily tread water tread water tread water tread water tread width Tread-mill Tread-mill tread-softly

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