"walk all over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-walk all over.ogg Forms: walks all over [present, singular, third-person], walking all over [participle, present], walked all over [participle, past], walked all over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=walk all over}} walk all over (third-person singular simple present walks all over, present participle walking all over, simple past and past participle walked all over)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, all, over.
    Sense id: en-walk_all_over-en-verb-PEUBIorn
  2. (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To dominate a person or a group; to have a person take a submissive or inferior role. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-walk_all_over-en-verb-5M2IPYlJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 54 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 67 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 81 11
  3. (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-walk_all_over-en-verb-taE4L55g

Inflected forms

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