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treading on

treading on is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about treading on

What is treading on the present participle and gerund of?
Treading on is the present participle and gerund of tread on.

Words near treading on in the dictionary

  1. treading carefully
  2. treading down
  3. treading in someone's footsteps
  4. treading in someone's steps
  5. treading lightly
  6. treading on
  7. treading on eggshells
  8. treading on someone's corns
  9. treading on someone's toes
  10. treading out
  11. treading softly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: treading on (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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