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tread carefully
(redirected from tread warily)

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tread carefully also tread warily
to avoid saying or doing anything that could cause difficulties Some companies continue to tread carefully when doing business on the Internet.
Usage notes: sometimes used in the form tread cautiously: You should tread cautiously when discussing financial matters with him.
See also: tread


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At Leopardstown tomorrow, where a number of Cheltenham hopefuls will work after racing, punters should tread warily when the classy but long absent ESSEX returns to action in the four-runner Ballsbridge Hurdle.
The Journal stated in its leader on February 11: "But any who seek to make life difficult for the new authority must tread warily for it is being born in the most difficult times and needs help not hindrance.
Bull was told in a letter from Weatherbys' director Hamish Alexander that the name was unacceptable because it was "Jockey Club policy to tread warily when there is a risk of causing ill feeling", and it was felt "that Ho Chi Minh's influence and following is still strong enough to warrant such caution".
 
 
 
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