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trod on someone's toes

trod on someone's toes is the simple past and past participle of tread on someone's toes.

Meaning of tread on someone's toes

Verb

tread on someone's toes (third-person singular simple present treads on someone's toes, present participle treading on someone's toes, simple past and past participle trod on someone's toes or tread on someone's toes or trodden on someone's toes)

  1. (idiomatic) To offend someone.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tread, toes.

Questions about trod on someone's toes

What is trod on someone's toes the simple past and past participle of?
Trod on someone's toes is the simple past and past participle of tread on someone's toes.

Words near trod on someone's toes in the dictionary

  1. trod in someone's steps
  2. trod lightly
  3. trod on
  4. trod on eggshells
  5. trod on someone's corns
  6. trod on someone's toes
  7. trod out
  8. trod softly
  9. trod the boards
  10. trod the stage
  11. trod upon

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