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"text": "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."
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"To cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs."
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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."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "astua jonkun varpaille"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "marcher sur les pieds"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "marcher sur les plates-bandes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "auf die Füße treten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pestare i piedi"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "uzmīt kādam uz varžacīm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pisar nos calos de alguém"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pisar el pie a alguien"
}
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "astua jonkun varpaille"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "marcher sur les pieds"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "marcher sur les plates-bandes"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "auf die Füße treten"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pestare i piedi"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "uzmīt kādam uz varžacīm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pisar nos calos de alguém"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "Translations",
"word": "pisar el pie a alguien"
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"word": "step on someone's toes"
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