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to tread on someone's toes

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Definition of to tread on someone's toes words

  • phrase to tread on someone's toes If you tread on someone's toes, you offend them by criticizing the way that they do something or by interfering in their affairs. 0

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Parts of speech for To tread on someone's toes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

to tread on someone's toes popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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