tread upon (someone or something)

1. Literally, to walk on someone or something Please don't tread upon the sidewalk until the cement is totally dry. I wasn't watching where I was going and nearly trod upon the man lying on the ground.

2. To treat someone harshly, unjustly, or oppressively. The tyrannical government continued to tread upon the people of the land until the 1974 uprising. If the company keeps treading upon its employees like this, most of them will end up taking their skills elsewhere.

词组	tread upon (someone or something)
释义	tread upon (someone or something) tread upon (someone or something) 1. Literally, to walk on someone or something Please don't tread upon the sidewalk until the cement is totally dry. I wasn't watching where I was going and nearly trod upon the man lying on the ground. 2. To treat someone harshly, unjustly, or oppressively. The tyrannical government continued to tread upon the people of the land until the 1974 uprising. If the company keeps treading upon its employees like this, most of them will end up taking their skills elsewhere. See also: tread, upon Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: tread on tread on (someone or something) step over tread lightly engrave (something) into (something) engrave into engraving street casting street-casting my eye!
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