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trod on

trod on is the simple past 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 trod on

What is trod on the simple past of?
Trod on is the simple past of tread on.

Words near trod on in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trod 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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