infringe on
infringe (up)on (something)
To encroach on something. Well, if you don't want us infringing on your personal freedom, don't do anything that compels us to ground you for a month. Their new fence better not be infringing upon our land!
See also: infringe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
infringe (up)on something
to interfere with the rights of someone or with someone's property rights; to encroach on something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) You are infringing upon my right to free speech. lam not infringing on your property. I'm in my own yard.
See also: infringe, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- Don’t make a federal case out of it!
- don't bet on it
- don't get me wrong
- don't beat a dead horse
- all in (one's) head
- don't cry before you are hurt
- a thing you don't want is dear at any price
- come it
- come it (with one)