STEP/TREAD ON ONE`S TOES

Meaning of STEP/TREAD ON ONE`S TOES in English

do something that embarasses or offends someone else I don't want to tread on my supervisor's toes as he has not been in a good mood lately.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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TREAD — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB carefully ▪ So she had to tread carefully . ▪ It is important, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TREAD — I. ˈtred verb ( trod ˈträd ; also treaded ; trodden ˈträd ə n ; or trod also tread ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STEP — I. ˈstep noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English step, steppe, from Old English stæpe, stepe; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOES — plural of toe present third singular of toe
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREAD — (n.) A step or stepping; pressure with the foot; a footstep; as, a nimble tread; a cautious tread.
Английский словарь Webster
TREAD — (v. t.) To beat or press with the feet; as, to tread a path; to tread land when too light; …
Английский словарь Webster
TREAD — — treader , n. /tred/ , v. , trod, trodden or trod, treading , n. v.i. 1. to set down …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
STEP — — stepless , adj. — steplike , adj. /step/ , n. , v. , stepped, stepping . n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TREAD — I. ˈtred verb ( trod ˈträd ; also tread·ed ; trod·den ˈträ-d ə n ; or trod ; tread·ing ) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STEP — I. ˈstep noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stæpe; akin to Old High German stapfo step, stampfōn to stamp …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREAD — noun way; track; path. 2. tread ·vt to step or walk on. 3. tread ·noun the act of copulation in …
Webster English vocab
STEP — vi walk; passage. 2. step ·vt to set, as the foot. 3. step ·adj to walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely. …
Webster English vocab
TREAD — [tread] vb trod also tread.ed ; trod.den or trod ; tread.ing [ME treden, fr. OE tredan; akin to OHG tretan …
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STEP — [step] n [ME, fr. OE staepe; akin to OHG stapfo step, stampfon to stamp] (bef. 12c) 1: a rest for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREAD — / tred; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( trod / trɒd; NAmE trɑːd/ trod·den / ˈtrɒdn; NAmE ˈtrɑːdn/ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEP — / step; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun MOVEMENT / SOUND 1. [ C ] the act of lifting …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREAD — I. tread 1 /tred/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense trod /trɒd $ trɑːd/, past participle trodden /ˈtrɒdn $ ˈtrɑːdn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STEP — I. step 1 S2 W1 /step/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: stæpe ] 1 . MOVEMENT …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TREAD — v. & n. --v. (trod; trodden or trod) 1 intr. (often foll. by on) a set down one's foot; walk …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STEP — n. & v. --n. 1 a the complete movement of one leg in walking or running (took a step forward). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TREAD — v. & n. v. (trod; trodden or trod) 1 intr. (often foll. by on) a set down one's foot; walk …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STEP — n. & v. n. 1 a the complete movement of one leg in walking or running (took a step forward). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TREAD — v. & n. --v. (trod; trodden or trod) 1. intr. (often foll. by on) a set down one's foot; walk …
Oxford English vocab
STEP — n. & v. --n. 1. a the complete movement of one leg in walking or running (took a step forward). …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
TREAD — ( treads, treading, trod, trodden) 1. If you tread on something, you put your foot on it when you are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEP — ( steps, stepping, stepped) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STEP — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bold step ▪ The following year he made a bold step to expand …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TREAD — (STEP) [verb] [past simple] trod or US also treaded, [past participle] trodden or [US and ANZ] also trod - to …
Cambridge English vocab
STEP — Synonyms and related words : abdicate, accelerate, accomplished fact, accomplishment, according to, ace, achievement, act, acta, action, activity, ad hoc …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TREAD — I. noun 1 sound you make when you are walking ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ I heard his heavy ~ moving …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STEP — n. 25B6; noun Frank took a step forward : PACE, stride. she heard a step on the stairs : FOOTSTEP, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STEP — n. 1 movement, move The steps of the dance were very intricate 2 footfall, footstep, tread I think I hear …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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TOES — Пальцы
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STEP — 1. сущ. 1) а) шаг to retrace one's steps ≈ вернуться обратно тем же путем in step ≈ в ногу …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STEP — step.ogg 1. step n 1. 1> шаг long hesitating, cautious step - длинный неуверенный, осторожный шаг at every step - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ON — on.ogg 1. ɒn a 1. ближний, внутренний the on side - более близкая ( к собеседнику, зрителю и т. п. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TREAD — 1) проступь ( ступени лестницы ) 2) мор. ступенька ( трапа ) 3) мор. длина киля 4) колея, ширина колеи …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STEP — 1) стадия; этап; ступень; переход ( в цикле ) 2) шаг 3) операция 4) ступень ( лестницы ) 5) горн. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TREAD — 1) проступь (ступени лестницы) 2) мор. ступенька (трапа) 3) мор. длина киля 4) колея, ширина колеи 5) протектор (шины) 6) беговая дорожка, беговой слой (протектора …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STEP — 1) стадия; этап; ступень; переход (в цикле) 2) шаг 3) операция 4) ступень (лестницы) 5) горн. уступ || разрабатывать уступами 6) ступень каскада гидроузлов, бьеф 7) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TREAD — 1) бетовой 2) поступь 3) проступь 4) протектор 5) протекторный 6) резьба 7) резьбовый 8) утаптывать • tread section of tire — беговая часть шины - detachable tread - studded tread - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STEP — 1) входной 2) наступать 3) переход в операции 4) редан 5) скачок 6) степс 7) ступенчатый 8) ступень 9) трансформировать 10) шаг 11) шагать 12) шаговый 13) этап • to adjust in steps — …
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