step on someone's toes en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs.
I didn't think I'd be stepping on my sister's toes when I told my nephew to sit up straight at the dinner table.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| steps on someone's toes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| stepped on someone's toes | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stepped on someone's toes | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| stepping on someone's toes | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (12)
fr marcher sur les plates-bandes (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · pt pisar nos calos de alguém (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · hu átgázol (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · it pestare i piedi (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · de auf die Füße treten (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · hu tyúkszemére lép (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · fi astua jonkun varpaille (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · fr marcher sur les pieds (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · lv uzmīt kādam uz varžacīm (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · es pisar el pie a alguien (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · hu belegázol (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs) · es pisarle a alguien los callos (to cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs)