"tread lightly" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "treads lightly",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "treading lightly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trod lightly",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "treaded lightly",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trodden lightly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "treaded lightly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tread<,,trod:+,trodden:+> lightly"
      },
      "expansion": "tread lightly (third-person singular simple present treads lightly, present participle treading lightly, simple past trod lightly or treaded lightly, past participle trodden lightly or treaded lightly)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's in a bad mood today, so you might want to tread lightly if you talk to him.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To proceed carefully; especially, to seek to avoid causing offense."
      ],
      "id": "en-tread_lightly-en-verb-zwNMOQbt",
      "links": [
        [
          "carefully",
          "carefully"
        ],
        [
          "offense",
          "offense"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "walk on eggshells"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to proceed carefully, especially avoiding offense",
          "word": "pisar menos"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tread lightly"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "treads lightly",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "treading lightly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trod lightly",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "treaded lightly",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trodden lightly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "treaded lightly",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tread<,,trod:+,trodden:+> lightly"
      },
      "expansion": "tread lightly (third-person singular simple present treads lightly, present participle treading lightly, simple past trod lightly or treaded lightly, past participle trodden lightly or treaded lightly)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "walk on eggshells"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's in a bad mood today, so you might want to tread lightly if you talk to him.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To proceed carefully; especially, to seek to avoid causing offense."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carefully",
          "carefully"
        ],
        [
          "offense",
          "offense"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to proceed carefully, especially avoiding offense",
      "word": "pisar menos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tread lightly"
}