"tread on someone's corns" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: treads on someone's corns [present, singular, third-person], treading on someone's corns [participle, present], trod on someone's corns [past], tread on someone's corns [past], treaded on someone's corns [past], trod on someone's corns [participle, past], tread on someone's corns [participle, past], trodden on someone's corns [participle, past], treaded on someone's corns [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tread<,,trod:tread:treaded,trod:tread:trodden:treaded> on someone's corns}} tread on someone's corns (third-person singular simple present treads on someone's corns, present participle treading on someone's corns, simple past trod on someone's corns or tread on someone's corns or treaded on someone's corns, past participle trod on someone's corns or tread on someone's corns or trodden on someone's corns or treaded on someone's corns)
  1. (UK, informal) To hurt someone's feelings. Tags: UK, informal Related terms: tread on someone's toes

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