"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 [participle, past], trod on someone's toes [past], tread on someone's toes [participle, past], tread on someone's toes [past], trodden on someone's toes [participle, past], trodden on someone's toes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|tread<,,trod:tread:trod:tread:trodden> 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 and past participle trod on someone's toes or tread on someone's toes or trodden 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 predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English predicates: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tread, toes.
    Sense id: en-tread_on_someone's_toes-en-verb-gE9MJYkB

Inflected forms

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