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steps on someone's toes

steps on someone's toes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of step on someone's toes.

Meaning of step on someone's toes

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs.
    • I didn't think I'd be stepping on my sister's toes when I told my nephew to sit up straight at the dinner table.

Questions about steps on someone's toes

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

Words near steps on someone's toes in the dictionary

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

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