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tread carefully

tread carefully verb: to exercise precaution; to be careful with regards to the situation; to tread lightly.

Verb

tread carefully (third-person singular simple present treads carefully, present participle treading carefully, simple past trod carefully, past participle trodden carefully)

  1. (idiomatic) To exercise precaution; to be careful with regards to the situation; to tread lightly.

Forms of tread carefully

third-person singular presenttreads carefully
present participletreading carefully
pasttrod carefully
past participletrodden carefully

Questions about tread carefully

What does tread carefully mean?
Tread carefully means to exercise precaution; to be careful with regards to the situation; to tread lightly.
What part of speech is tread carefully?
Tread carefully is a verb.
What is the past tense of tread carefully?
The past tense of tread carefully is trod carefully.

Words near tread carefully in the dictionary

  1. treacly
  2. Treacy
  3. Treacys
  4. tread
  5. tread a measure
  6. tread carefully
  7. tread down
  8. tread in someone's footsteps
  9. tread in someone's steps
  10. tread lightly
  11. tread on

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