| 单词 | to tramp on any one's toes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tramp on any one's toes 2. intransitive. To tread heavily or with force (on or upon something); to stamp (upon): = trample v. 3 to tramp on any one's toes (figurative), to infringe or encroach on his rights or privileges; to ‘come down upon’ with injurious effect; to take undue advantage of. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the foot > downwards > trample treadc825 overtreadOE to tread down, under foot, in the mire, to the ground, to piecesc1175 defoulc1290 foil13.. to-treada1382 foula1400 fulyie1488 overgo1488 trample1530 tramp1533 conculcate1570 trample1577 overtrample1589 tramp1596 inculcate1598 stramplea1610 calcate1623 scrunch1861 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper [verb (intransitive)] > encroach on rights, etc. intrude1534 entrench1591 interlope1603 to tramp on any one's toes1862 encroach1875 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 123 Bewar that ȝe neuir trampe thairon [sc. on a grave] with ȝour fute. a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. E4 The mair ye tramp in a turde, it growes the breader. 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xxxviii The black cow has nae trampet yet Upo' your taes. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 768 [The hides] are then tramped upon by a workman walking repeatedly from one end of the vat to the other. 1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ xi. 477 It secures in practice my right, so long as I do not tramp on my neighbour's toes, to speak and think and act as I choose. < as lemmas |
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