"tread on someone's toes" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: treads on someone's toes [present, singular, third-person], treading on someone's toes [participle, present], trod on someone's toes [past], tread on someone's toes [past], treaded on someone's toes [past], trod on someone's toes [participle, past], tread on someone's toes [participle, past], trodden on someone's toes [participle, past], treaded on someone's toes [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tread<,,trod:tread:treaded,trod:tread:trodden:treaded> on someone's toes}} tread on someone's toes (third-person singular simple present treads on someone's toes, present participle treading on someone's toes, simple past trod on someone's toes or tread on someone's toes or treaded on someone's toes, past participle trod on someone's toes or tread on someone's toes or trodden on someone's toes or treaded on someone's toes)
  1. (idiomatic) To offend someone. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: step on someone's toes
    Sense id: en-tread_on_someone's_toes-en-verb-F-BYeKZQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 85 15 Disambiguation of English predicates: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tread, toes.
    Sense id: en-tread_on_someone's_toes-en-verb-gE9MJYkB

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