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tread upon

tread upon is the alternative form of tread on.

Meaning of tread on

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tread, on.
  2. (transitive) To harm the interests of; to inhibit or diminish.
    • That political party is treading on minority rights.

Forms of tread upon

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

Questions about tread upon

What is tread upon the alternative form of?
Tread upon is the alternative form of tread on.

Words near tread upon in the dictionary

  1. tread on someone's toes
  2. tread out
  3. tread softly
  4. tread the boards
  5. tread the stage
  6. tread upon
  7. tread water
  8. tread-lightly
  9. tread-softly
  10. treadable
  11. Treadaway

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tread upon (page history and authors); tread on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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