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treads on

treads on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 treads on

What is treads on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Treads on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tread on.

Words near treads on in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: treads 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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