"tread on" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "treads on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "treading on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trod on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trodden on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "treads on",
        "2": "treading on",
        "3": "trod on",
        "4": "trodden on"
      },
      "expansion": "tread on (third-person singular simple present treads on, present participle treading on, simple past trod on, past participle trodden on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tread, on."
      ],
      "id": "en-tread_on-en-verb-nk6d4obJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "tread",
          "tread#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              24,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "text": "That political party is treading on minority rights.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To harm the interests of; to inhibit or diminish."
      ],
      "id": "en-tread_on-en-verb-rqTolrGR",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To harm the interests of; to inhibit or diminish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tread on"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
    "English verbs",
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    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "treads on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "treading on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trod on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "trodden on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "treads on",
        "2": "treading on",
        "3": "trod on",
        "4": "trodden on"
      },
      "expansion": "tread on (third-person singular simple present treads on, present participle treading on, simple past trod on, past participle trodden on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tread, on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tread",
          "tread#English"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ]
      ]
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          "text": "That political party is treading on minority rights.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To harm the interests of; to inhibit or diminish."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To harm the interests of; to inhibit or diminish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tread on"
}