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steps on someone's lines

steps on someone's lines is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 steps on someone's lines

What is steps on someone's lines the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Steps on someone's lines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of step on someone's lines.

Words near steps on someone's lines in the dictionary

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

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