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stepped on someone's lines

stepped on someone's lines is the simple past and past participle of step on someone's lines.

Meaning of step on someone's lines

Verb

step on someone's lines (third-person singular simple present steps on someone's lines, present participle stepping on someone's lines, simple past and past participle stepped on someone's lines)

  1. To interfere with someone's role, as in a performance, by interfering with their scripted or intended speech.
    • The person who introduced me stepped on my lines by giving a long summary, including all the good anecdotes.

Questions about stepped on someone's lines

What is stepped on someone's lines the simple past and past participle of?
Stepped on someone's lines is the simple past and past participle of step on someone's lines.

Words near stepped on someone's lines in the dictionary

  1. stepped off
  2. stepped on
  3. stepped on a frog
  4. stepped on a rake
  5. stepped on it
  6. stepped on someone's lines
  7. stepped on someone's toes
  8. stepped on the laughs
  9. stepped out
  10. stepped out of line
  11. stepped out on someone

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